Colorado honors recyclers.Denver-based Colorado Recycles, the statewide recycling education organization, has named the winners of its annual Recycler of the Year awards. The awards recognize innovation and community involvement in recycling promotion. The notable recyclers are: * The Denver Zoo The Denver Zoo is an 80-acre [1] facility located in City Park of Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1896, it is owned by the City and County of Denver and funded in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). , Overall Recycler of the Year Award. The Denver Zoo recycles exhibit water, offers bins for recyclables, provides recycled plastic benches for seating throughout the park and markets animal waste as "Zoop" compost compost, substance composed mainly of partly decayed organic material that is applied to fertilize the soil and to increase its humus content; it is often used in vegetable farming, home gardens, flower beds, lawns, and greenhouses. . * American Plastics Council The American Plastics Council (APC) is a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry. Through a variety of outreach efforts, APC works to promote the benefits of plastics and the plastics industry. (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ), Outstanding Nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. or Community Program Award. The APC collaborated with Denver Recycles on the "all plastic bottles campaign," resulting in a 14 percent increase in bottle recycling in the city. * Target Corporation, Outstanding Business or Commercial Program Award. Colorado's 30 Target stores recycled nearly 11 tons of paper in 2002. Target also recycles business and office materials ranging from shopping carts to batteries to fluorescent light bulbs. * Denver Recycles, Outstanding Government Program Award. This program of the Public Works/Solid Waste Management department was honored for its comprehensive curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: program and "all plastic bottles" recycling education program. * Dynamic Advertising & Printing's Horizon Weekly Newspaper, Outstanding School or Educational Program Award. The newspaper maintains a consistent educational stance on recycling. * Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation, Outstanding Innovation Award. The office spearheads the Computer and Recycling Task Force comprised of representatives from the public, business and private sectors. The task force held 15 events, collecting 357,216 pounds of computer equipment. * Mesa County's Special Waste Management, Outstanding Innovation Award. The county was noted for developing a countywide used syringe syringe /sy·ringe/ (si-rinj´) (sir´inj) an instrument for injecting liquids into or withdrawing them from any vessel or cavity. recycling program. * Eco-Cycle/City of Boulder Center for Hard to Recycle Materials, Don't Let It Go To Waste Award. The center has recycled more than 201 tons of electronic scrap. * Sharon Wallin, Outstanding Individual Effort Award. Wallin was recognized for more than a decade of service to Colorado Recycles. Visit www.colorado-recycles.org for more information on Colorado Recycles and the Recycler of the Year program. |
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