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Mass recyclers of the year

Print | Comments () Posted by Dara Olmsted, The Green Blog November 4, 2010 05:36 PM

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MassRecycle announced their 2010 recycling award winners this week. The Recycler of the Year Award went to Gretel Clark, the Hamilton Recycling Committee Chair. Gretel and her committee helped reduced Hamilton's waste by 30%, saving the town over $100,000. She answers the recycling hot line for Hamilton and Wenham and set up a curbside collection for organic waste.

The Leadership Award went to Eric Magers, a teacher in the Manchester Essex Regional School District. Eric leads the district's green team and helped reduce cafeteria waste by over 95%. Malden won the Large Municipality Award for their Pay As You Throw (PAYT) waste management system, which increased recycling by 74% and reduced trash by 49%. The small municipality award went to Dedham for doubling their recycling rate (which saved them $400,000).

Other winners included:

School Recycling: Manchester Essex Green Team, Manchester, MA
Institution/Nonprofit: Island Creek Oyster Foundation & Sustainable Duxbury
Business Recycling: Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA
Recycling Industry: Pedal People, Northampton, MA
Food Establishment: Taranta Restaurant, Boston, MA
Food Establishment: Big Y Foods, Inc., Western MA
Food Establishment: Hannaford Brothers Company, Eastern MA