2010 Awards Program

The Dwight Copenhaver Recycler of the Year Award - Ken Mihalyov

The Dwight Copenhaver Award is presented to a Maryland resident who exhibits outstanding leadership for recycling and waste prevention. This award is named after a past Carroll County Recycling Coordinator.

Outstanding Corporate Leadership Award - Wayne Wilhelm 
Any industry, business or corporation that has demonstrated outstanding leadership in waste reduction and/or recycling efforts in Maryland over the past year.

Outstanding Government Leadership Award - Baltimore County
Local, state or federal government entities will be considered for this award based on their efforts with advocating, implementing, operating, or otherwise promoting waste reduction and/or recycling in Maryland over the past year.

Outstanding Small Government Program Award - Cecil County
Local government entities, municipalities and small counties will be considered for this award based on their efforts with advocating, implementing, operating or otherwise promoting waste reduction and/or recycling in Maryland over the past year.

Outstanding Environmental and Community Leadership Award - Westminster West Middle School
This award will be presented to an environmental, civic, community or institution (school) that has exhibited outstanding leadership in recycling and/or waste reduction through advocacy, education, promotion or operations.

Best Market Development Program Award - Precision Recycling Industries of Virginia, Inc.
Any business, industry, government, civic or environmental organization that has implemented a market development program for recyclable materials will be considered for this award. Also included for this category are Buy-Recycled programs.

Extraordinary Achievement Award - Helen Moore Register
This award is meant to recognize those programs that have contributed to recycling in Maryland through extraordinary creativity, resourcefulness, ingenuity, determination and other means.