Previous Award Winners

2022 Winners

• Business category winner was Johnny’s Luncheonette
• Individual category winner was Jason Johnson, WIN Waste Innovations
• Institutional category winner was Deerfield Academy
• Municipal category winner was Gregory St. Louis, City of Watertown
• Small Transfer Station category winner was Ruth Kaminski, Leicester Recycling Center
• Public Servant category winner was Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, City of Newton

Lifetime Commitment Awards were given to:

• Kathleen Casey, Hilltown Resource Management Cooperative
• Lynn Rubinstein, NERC
• Terri Goldberg, NEWMOA
• Bruce Gellerman, WBUR
• Daniel Moon, EBC
• Kerry Weaver, Town of Lexington

2021 Winners

• Business category winner was Preppy Puppy Bakery
• Individual category winner was Leni Fried, Co-Founder of Old Stone Mill Center
• Institutional/University category winner was RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts
• Municipal category winner was Town of Hamilton (Gretel Clark)
• Public Servant category winner was Bruce Gellerman, Senior Environmental Correspondent for WBUR-FM radio

Lifetime Commitment Awards were given to:

• Patti Howard, Covanta
• Ed McGrath, Town of Bedford & Town of North Reading
• Veronique Blanchard, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• John Alphin, Town of North Brookfield
• Jeff Coyne, Earthworm, Inc.
• Jack Coughlin, Volunteer for roadside and river clean ups

2020 Winners

• Business category winner was Save That Stuff
• Individual category winner was Ron Cochran, Communications Directory for the City of Malden
• Institutional/University category winner was CARE for the Cape & Islands
• Municipal category winner was Barnstable County (Kari Parcell)
• Public Servant category winner was Ann McGovern, Consumer Waste Reduction Coordinator at Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Lifetime Commitment Awards were given to:

• Julie Rose, City of Salem
• Phil Goddard, Town of Bourne
• Sharon Kishida, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• Meg Morris, former MassRecycle Board Member & retired from Covanta
• Rob Gogan, Harvard University

2019 Winners

• Business category winner was Sabrina Auclair, founder of Unpacked Living
• Individual category winner was Lorenzo Macaluso, director of client services at Center for EcoTechnology
• Institutional/University category winner was Claudine Ellyin, Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability officer at Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• Municipal category winner was Edward Gilbert, Environmental Health Supervisor at Town of Brookline MA
• Public Servant category winner was Brooke Nash, Branch Chief at Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• Lifetime Commitment Award was given to Norman Doucette, Town of Winchester

2018 Winners

• Individual category winner was Nicole Whitten, Town of Ipswich & Cape Ann community
• Institutional category winner was Devens Eco-Efficiency/The Great Exchange
• K-12 School category winner was Hingham High School Green Team
• Municipal category winner was Town of Natick
• Business category winner was Beacon Communities
• Lifetime Commitment Awards were given to Carolyn Dann, MassDEP’s Northeast District 3 Municipal Assistance Coordinator & Tina Klein, Recycling Grant Manager, MassDEP

2017 Winners

• Individual category winner was John Fischer, Branch Chief, Commercial Waste Reduction & Waste Planning, MassDEP
• Institution category winner was Boston Public Market
• K-12 School category winner was Andover Public Schools
• Municipal category winner was Town of Wrentham
• Business category winner was Patriot Place
• Lifetime Commitment Award was given to Arlene Miller, MassDEP’s Western Mass Municipal Assistance Coordinator

2016 Winners

• Individual category winner was Claire Galkowski, South Shore Recycling Cooperative
• Institution category winner was UTEC Lowell
• Municipal category winner was Town of Manchester by the Sea
• Business category winner was Boston Red Sox

2014 Winners

• Individual category winner was Heather Pillis, Ipswich Recycling Committee
• Institution category winner was University of Massachusetts Lowell
• K-12 School category winner was Danvers Public School District
• Municipal category winner was the SalemRecycles Committee
• Business category winner was Hannaford Supermarkets
• Public Servant Award was given to Mayor Kim Driscoll, City of Salem

2013 Winners

• Public Servant category winners were Representative Anne Gobi & Senator Marc Pacheco
• K-12 Elementary category winner was High Plain Elementary & Wood Hill Middle School (Andover, MA)
• K-12 High School category winner was Hingham High School
• K-12 School District category winner was Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
• College & University Recycling Award was given to University of Massachusetts – Amherst
• College and University Best Student Effort Award was given to the students behind Clark Composts at Clark University
• Business Recycling Award was given to P&G Gillette
• Business Organics Recycling Award was given to Cisco Systems
• Business Innovation Award was given to Preserve with Stonyfield Farms
• Supermarket Award was given to Hannaford Supermarkets
• Hospitality Award was given to the InterContinental Boston
• Institution Innovation Award was given to the MBTA, as well as to, Project Green Ball
• Institution Reuse Award was given to the Food Recovery Project
• Municipal Recycling Award was given to the Town of Hamilton
• Municipal Recycling Committee Award was given to the Brewster Recycling Commission
• Municipal Reuse Award was given to the Sherborn Recycling Committee
• The Recycler of the Year Award was given to Fabiene Eliacin, InterContinental Boston
• The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Sumner Martinson, MassDEP

2012 Winners

• K-12 Recycling Bronze Award was given to the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School & Charles River Center
• K-12 Recycling Silver Award was given to the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
• K-12 Recycling Gold Award was given to Gill-Montague Regional School District
• Municipal Recycling Silver Award was given to Town of Dartmouth
• Municipal Recycling Gold Award was given to Town of Reading
• Municipal Innovation Awards were given to both City of Boston and Town of Wellfleet
• Office Recycling Under 500K Bronze Award was given to Farley White for 155 Federal Street
• Office Recycling Under 500K Silver Award was given to Normandy Real Estate Partners for 99 Summer Street
• Office Recycling Under 500K Gold Award was given to Equity Office Properties for 125 Summer Street
• Office Recycling Over 500K Bronze Award was given to CB Richard Ellis for 33 Arch Street
• Office Recycling Over 500K Silver Award was given to CB Richard Ellis for 10 Saint James Street
• Office Recycling Over 500K Gold Award was given to John Hancock Back Bay Complex
• Large Business Bronze Award was given to Cisco Systems
• Large Business Silver Award was given to State Street Bank
• Large Business Gold Award was given to Raytheon Company
• Recycling Industry Bronze Award was given to the Lenox Valley Waste Transfer Facility
• Recycling Industry Silver Award was given to Hiltz Disposal
• Recycling Industry Gold Award was given to Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM)
• Entertainment Award was given to Blue Man Group
• Institution Recycling Bronze Award was given to Clark University
• Institution Recycling Silver Award was given to Tufts University
• Institution Recycling Gold Award was given to Harvard University
• Hospitality Industry Silver Award was given to The Colonnade Hotel
• Hospitality Industry Gold Award was given to the Sheraton Boston
• Healthcare & BioTech Recycling Bronze Award was given to BioMed Realty
• Healthcare & BioTech Recycling Silver Award was given to Boston Scientific
• Healthcare & BioTech Recycling Gold Award was given to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Business Innovative Awards were given to AGreen Energy, BioPharma and Samsung Electronics America
• Recycler of the Year Award was given to Tessa David, MassToss
• Public Servant Award was given to Senator Stephen Brewer
• Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Representative Alice Wolf

2011 Winners

• K-12 School Recycling Bronze, Outstanding Parent Contribution Award was given to the Newbury Elementary School Parent Recycling Committee
• K-12 School Recycling Bronze, Outstanding Student Contribution Award was given to the Chelmsford High School Recycling Committee
• K-12 School Recycling Silver, Outstanding Teacher Contribution Award was given to Scott Gordon, Lynnfield HS Science Dept. Chair
• K-12 School Recycling Gold Award was given to Andover High School
• Food Establishment Bronze Award was given to Grendel’s Den Restaurant
• Food Establishment Silver Award was given to Boston Organics
• Food Establishment Gold Award was given to Clark University
• Business Recycling Bronze Award was given to InterContinental Boston
• Business Recycling Silver Award was given to Cisco Systems New England
• Business Recycling Gold Award was given to Shire Pharmaceuticals
• Nonprofit Bronze Award was given to Central Mass Mosquito Control (CMMCP)
• Institution Bronze Award was given to Beverly Hospital
• Institution/Nonprofit Silver Award was given to Wentworth Institute of Technology/BPS STRIVE Partnership
• Institution/Nonprofit Gold Award was given to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA)
• Product Stewardship Award was given to JN Philips Auto Glass
• Innovative Initiative Award was given to Groton Free Stuff
• Resource Management Business Bronze Award was given to Furniture Trust
• Resource Management Business Silver Award was given to Rock and Wrap-It-Up
• Resource Management Business Gold Award was given to Green Goat
• Recycler of the Year Award was given to Amy Donovan, Program Director, Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
• Board of Directors’ Outstanding Achievement Award was given to City of Cambridge

2009 Winners

• Municipal Green Binnie went to SalemRecycles
• Institutional Green Binnie went to US DOT/RITA/John A. Volpe Center
• School Green Binne went to Narragansett Regional High School Environmental Studies Program
• Business Green Binnie went to New England Biolabs, as well as, to ECO-ONE Solutions
• Recyclers of the Year went to both Gunther Wellenstein, City of Lowell, and Henry Narsasian, Easton, MA
• Member of the Year went to Laurie Sabol, MassRecycle Board Member

2008 Winners

• Small Municipality Green Binnie went to Town of Leverett
• Large Municipal Green Binnie went to Town of Framingham DPW & High School
• Best Municipal Website Award went to Northern Berkshire Solid Waste Management District
• Business Green Binnie went to Cape Cod Beer
• Institutional Green Binnie went to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• School Green Binnie went to The Restore Creation at Gordon College
• Recyclers of the Year went to Pam Irwin, Town of Danvers
• Member of the Year went to Dmitriy Nikolayev, MassRecycle Board Member

2007 Winners

• Small Municipal Green Binnie went to Town of Ipswich DPW
• Large Municipal Green Binnie went to Town of Brookline
• Commercial Business Green Binnie went to Intel Massachusetts
• Recycling Business Green Binnie went to Got Books?
• Institutional Green Binnie went to North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival
• School Green Binnie went to Jonathan Weiner, Elmwood Street School
• Recyclers of the Year went to Lorna Cerbone, Town of Saugus & Linda Paquet, Town of Petersham (A TIE!)
• Member of the Year went to Claire Sullivan Galkowski, South Shore Recycling Cooperative

2006 Winners

• Small Municipality Recycling Award was given to Town of Marshfield DPW
• Large Municipality Recycling Award was given to Southeast Regional Recycling Partnership (SERRP)
• Recycling Business Award was given to Save That Stuff, Inc
• Institutional Recycling Award was given to Museum of Fine Arts
• The Recycler of the Year Award was given to William Walsh, Town of Blackstone

2005 Winners

• Small Municipality Recycling Award was given to Wrentham Recycling Committee
• Large Municipality Recycling Award was given to City of Gloucester
• Recycling Manufacturer of the Year Award was given to Todd Truesdale, Recycled Paper Printing, Inc (RPP)
• Institutional Recycling Award was given to Massachusetts State Lottery
• The Recycler of the Year Award was given to Jan Ameen, Franklin County Solid Waste Management District

2004 Winners

• Small Municipality Recycling Award was given to Town of Blackstone’s Board of Health
• Large Municipality Recycling Award was given to Town of Eastham’s Recycling Committee
• Recycling Business Award was given to Wanamaker Hardware, Inc.
• Institutional Recycling Award was given to Lowell Folk Festival
• The Recycler of the Year Award was given to Morgan Harriman, Town of Franklin

2003 Winners

• Small Municipality Recycling Award was given to Town of Cohasset
• Large Municipality Recycling Award was given to City of Beverly
• Recycling Business Award was given to E.O.M.S. Recycling
• Institutional Recycling Award was given to Phillips Academy
• The Recycler of the Year Award was given to Center for EcoTechnology

2002 Winners

• Small Municipality Recycling Award was given to Town of Washington
• Large Municipality Recycling Award was given to City of Brockton
• Recycling Business Award was given to ElectronicCycle
• Recycling Manufacturer of the Year Award was given to Advanced Marine Technologies
• Institutional Recycling Award was given to Falmouth Academy
• The Recycler of the Year Award was given to Heather Billings, Waste Management

2000 Winners

• Municipality Recycling Award was given to all the MRIP Communities
• Municipal Recycling Coordinator Award was given to Jan Aceti, City of Cambridge
• Municipal Recycling Volunteers of the Year Award was given to Halifax “Bag Ladies”: Beverly Smith, Carol Zemaitis, Virginia Bailey, & Joyce Bereika
• Commercial Recycling was given to the  Pittsfield Business Recycling Cooperative
• Institutional Recycling Award was given to Wheaton College
• Recycling Manufacturer of the Year was given to Conigliaro Industries
• Buy Recycled Award was given to the Town of Concord
• Recyclers of the Year Award was given to the MRIP Coordinators
• Special Recycling Award was given to Town of Wellesley’s Recycling Disposal Facility (RDF)
• Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Patrick J. Scanlon