New York recyclers honored. (Municipal Recycling).The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and commissioner Erin M. Crotty have announced the 2002 Governor's Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards winners. The awards were presented at the 13th Annual New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. & Recycling Inc. (NYSA NYSA New York Systems Administrator Association NYSA Nanaimo Youth Services Association (Canada) NYSA New York Singapore Association [R.sup.3]) Seminar, held in Binghamton, N.Y., in late October. Applicants were judged on overall waste reduction and recycling achievements, economic and community benefits, extent of employee participation and overall environmental record. Guilderland Central School District, Albany County Albany County is the name of two jurisdictions in the United States in different states:
Cedar Knoll Log Homes Inc., Plattsburgh, N.Y., received an Innovation award. In September 2000, Cedar Knoll used a $90,000 Empire State Development Corporation award to buy equipment to convert smaller pieces of waste wood into railing system components. Cedar Knoll requires more scrap wood than it generates and buys wood scraps and cut-offs from other lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to mills. Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority, Ramapo, N.Y., also received an Innovation award. The Authority's education program includes an environmental education center and interactive recycling museum. Direct mailings, frequent weekly cable show reports, a new Web site and educational giveaways keep the community involved in recycling efforts. |
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