NRC Recycling awards. (People).Lisa Skumatz, founder and principal of Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Seattle, has received the NRC NRC abbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants Recycler of the Year-Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Recycling Coalition. The award was presented at the NRC's Annual Convention in January in Seattle. Skumatz has been conducting recycling-related research since 1987 and was an early advocate for bringing economic analysis, program evaluations and incentives into recycling programs. She has helped formulate and popularize pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. "pay as you throw" programs designed to pass on the costs of waste disposal directly to those generating the most waste. Skumatz says she was "honored and overwhelmed" to win the award, and thanked the communities that had complimented her work by using her the findings from her studies. Other award winners included: * Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. , Valencia, Calif., for its Waste-Not Program * Eastern Carolina Vocational Center, Greenville, Ca lif., for its commercial and industrial recycling program * Betsy Rosenberg Betsy Rosenberg was the host of EcoTalk on Air America Radio. The program was broadcast every weeknight from 9-10 PM EST. Its last show broadcast on May 19, 2007. The show was dropped during the network's "Air America 2.0" re-launch. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , for her "Trash Talk" radio segments offering recycling and resource reduction tips * The City of South Sioux City, Neb., winner of the Outstanding Community Recycling Program Award * The University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , Ann Arbor, Mich., winner of the Outstanding School Program * Beloit Senior Center, Beloit, Wisc., for its Adopt-A Cemetery Program * Chelsea Center for Recycling & Economic Development, Chelsea, Mass., for its market development research * Richard S. Williams, Oberlin, Ohio, Winner of the Outstanding Minority Award. |
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