Stephen Ursery, Editor, Waste Age Magazine

October 1, 2004

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NRC Awards Recyclers

AT ITS RECENT ANNUAL awards ceremony, the Washington, D.C.-based National Recycling Coalition's (NRC) presented William Heenan, president of the Steel Recycling Institute, Pittsburgh, with its “Recycler of the Year — Lifetime Achievement” award. The ceremony took place at NRC's 24th Annual Congress & Expo, held in late August in San Francisco.

Other NRC award winners included New York City Councilman Michael E. McMahon, who received the “Best Local Elected Recycling Leader” award; the Bellwood, Pa.-based Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, which won the “Outstanding Recycling Organization” award; Dell Inc., Round Rock, Texas, which received the “Fred Schmitt Award for Outstanding Corporate Leadership;” and the Orange County, N.C., Solid Waste Management Department, which won the “Beth Brown Boettner Award for Outstanding Public Education.” To view the rest of the award winners, visit 0www.nrc-recycle.org.

In other news from the convention, Dell announced that it has granted 20 organizations and governmental departments $10,000 each to boost computer recycling. Each awardee will use the money to conduct a “No Computer Should Go to Waste” event.

Also, NRC announced that the California Department of Conservation will be seeking applications in October for a grant program aimed at increasing the recycling rates of aluminum, glass and plastic beverage containers. The Beverage Container Recycling Market Development and Expansion Grant Program awards up to $10 million annually to projects that promote recycling. For more information, visit www.conservation.ca.gov/DOR/grants/index.htm.

About the Author(s)

Stephen Ursery

Editor, Waste Age Magazine, Waste360

Stephen Ursery is the editor of Waste Age magazine. During his time as editor, Waste Age has won more than 20 national and regional awards. He has worked for Penton Media since August 1999. Before joining Waste Age as the magazine's managing editor, he was an associate editor for American City & County and for National Real Estate Investor.

Prior to joining Penton, Stephen worked as a reporter for The Marietta Daily Journal and The Fulton County Daily Report, both of which are located in metro Atlanta.

Stephen earned a BA in History from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

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