2007

• Solid Waste Association of North America Gold Award for Integrated Systems Excellence for all of Metro Waste Authority’s programs and services
• Better Business Bureau Integrity Award
• Best Recycling/Waste Management Company Runner-up by Business Record’s Best of Des Moines
  

2006

• Keep Iowa Beautiful Award for support and service to the organization

2005

• Iowa Recycling Association Best Public Education Program Award for MWA’s education program on the expansion and 10-year anniversary program for Curb It!
• Governor’s Iowa Environmental Excellence Award for Rehab the Lab, Environmental Excellence Category
• Governor’s Iowa Environmental Excellence Award for Rehab the Lab, Waste Management Category
• Pollution Prevention Environmental Excellence Award by EPA Region 7, Honorable Mention for Rehab the Lab
• Innovative Waste Management Program Award by Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations for Rehab the Lab

2004

• Gold Award for Transfer Station Excellence by the Solid Waste Association of North America for the Metro Transfer Station
• Above and Beyond Service Recognition certificate from the Governor for MWA Education Specialist
• Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Award for Executive Director
• Best Recycling/Waste Management Company , Business Record’s Best of Des Moines

2003

• Outstanding Solid Waste Management Program Award by the Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations
• Best Recycling/Waste Management Company, Business Record’s Best of Des Moines
• Honorable Mention of Excellence to HLBK for Metro Waste Authority office by Iowa Chapter of American Institute of Architects
• Merit Award in Interiors to HLBK for Metro Waste Authority office by St. Louis Chapter of American Institute of Architecture and Central States Region
• Outstanding Environmental Protection Facility by Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations for the Metro Park East Landfill

2002

• SWANA Gold Award for Landfill Management Excellence for the Metro Park East Landfill
• Under the auspices of ICMA and USAID’s Resource Cities Program, MWA provided assistance in improving hazardous waste management practices in the city of Amman, Jordan

2001

• American Society of Civil Engineers Iowa Section’s Outstanding Civil Engineering Project Award, in recognition of the Constructed Wetlands Leachate Treatment Facility
• American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award for the Regional Collection Center Master Landscape Plan (prairie and constructed wetlands)
• Best Public Education Campaign by Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations for the Iowa Tire Initiative
• Silver ADDY Award by Ad Pros of Des Moines for the Iowa Tire Initiative

2000

• Governor’s Iowa Environmental Excellence Award for Special Recognition in Water Quality for the Constructed Wetlands Leachate Treatment Facility
• Best Workplace Environment Award by Greater Des Moines Partnership for a business with less than 50 employees

1999

• SWANA Gold Award for Special Waste Management Excellence for MWA’s Regional Collection Center for Household Hazardous Waste

1998

• PRIME Award from the Central Iowa Public Relations Society of America for the Best Community Relations Communication Plan for Curb It! education

1995

• Outstanding Paper Recycling Program, American Forest and Paper Association, for improvements in the recovery of recyclable paper products through community recycling programs

1992

• Meritorious Achievement in Public Education Award by Solid Waste Association of North America’s for MWA’s K-12 curricula
• System Excellence in Public Education Award by Solid Waste Association of North America

1991

• Meritorious Achievement in Collection Award by Solid Waste Association of North America