Every spring, Metro Waste Authority recognizes businesses, institutions and individuals for the positive environmental impacts they have on our communities. The Annual Dinner is a time for Metro Waste Authority and attendees to honor those who constantly work to take care of central Iowa's environment. And it's a time for us to acknowledge and be inspired by the energy, determination and creativity of our environmental stewards. Please help us celebrate our recent winners by reading more about their contributions below.
To learn more about the 2010 Environmental Stewardship Winners click here.
2004 Winners
Brody Middle School, Des Moines
The students in the "Yo Brody" organization coordinated all of the school's recycling efforts from starting the program to educating their fellow classmates and collecting the recyclables from each classroom every Thursday.
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Findley Elementary School, Des Moines
The Findley students recycle in their classrooms every month, and students take the lead in collecting the paper and getting it to the roll-off for the hauler to pick up.
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GuideOne Insurance, West Des Moines
Not only does GuideOne recycle paper (almost 100 tons each year), but they also recycle motor oil, wood waste, yard debris, plastic, aluminum, batteries, grease oil, and computers on a regular basis.
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Iowa Department of Administrative Services, General Services Enterprise
This department is responsible for making sure that 396 tons of paper gets recycled from the Capitol Complex each year. They also recycle materials such as construction and demolition debris, hard cover books, VCR tapes, antifreeze, tires, and toner cartridges.
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Polk County Government
Employees recycle 105 tons of paper each year. The county stopped making copies of phone bills, and delivers them electronically to reduce their waste. The county also recycles electronic waste, fluorescent tubes, license plates, and pallets.
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RDG Planning and Design – Des Moines
On an ongoing basis, staff members give presentations on how to recycle and the benefits of recycling. They also collect and haul their recyclables to the Metro Recycling Center and use recycled goods as much as they can.
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State of Iowa's Department of Administrative Services
This department boasts a participation of 5,000 employees in their 19-year-old recycling program. The Administrative Services Department has recycled nearly 400 tons annually since beginning their recycling program and uses commodity value revenue to pay the majority of the program's expenses. Since 2004, the DAS has added plastic, glass and tin to the paper-recycling program and the new Ankeny Lab Facility, dedicated in 2005, is one of the few LEED Certified buildings in Iowa. In July 2006, the state's four-hour event called "Files Fly in July" saw over 13 tons of mixed and shredded paper recycled.
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