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Weather Closing: Metro Park West Landfill to close today at 1 p.m. due to inclement weather Posted: 1/25/2010

Metro Waste Authority’s Metro Park West Landfill by Perry will be closing at 1:00 p.m. today due to blizzard like conditions. The landfill is scheduled to be open Tuesday, January 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Press Contact

Amy Hock
Public Relations Specialist
Metro Waste Authority
300 E. Locust, Ste. 100
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: 515-244-0021
Fax: 515-244-9477
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Recognition

Metro Waste Authority is an independent government agency with award winning operations. Below is a list of the multiple awards that MWA has received through the years.

2010
- Best Recycling/Waste Management Company by the Business Record's Best of Des Moines
2009
- Greater Des Moines Partnership business award for the "Best Kept Secret"
- Governor's Volunteer Award for our litter control along Highway 163
- Best Recycling/Waste Management Company Runner-up by the Business Record's Best of Des Moines
2008
- Best Recycling/Waste Management Company by the Business Record's Best of Des Moines
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