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Business or Individual: American Postal
Workers Union Health Plan
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: As in years past, the
American Postal Workers Union Health Plan continues to have an excellent
recycling program and once again went above and beyond the County’s
50 percent recycling goal by achieving a 79 percent recycling rate
for 2002.
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Business or Individual: American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association continues to excel in their recycling program. In addition
to expanding their buy recycled program during 2002, American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association recycled more than 65 percent of their waste. In addition
to recycling the required materials, ASHA recycled computers, wood
pallets and toner cartridges.
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Business or Individual: Balmar Printing
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Balmar Printing continues
to excel in their recycling efforts by improving their recycling rate
from 81 percent in 2001 to an outstanding 92 percent in 2002.
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Business or Individual: Burlington Coat
Factory Store #303
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: The efforts of management
and employees at Burlington Coat Factory Store #303 have pushed them
above the County’s 50 percent recycling goal to a recycling
rate of 61 percent in 2002.
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Business or Individual: Calvert Group, Ltd.
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Calvert Group, Ltd,
a tenant in an office building at 4550 Montgomery Avenue in Bethesda
recycled 77 percent of their waste in 2002. In addition, Calvert Group
is committed to waste reduction, recycling and buying recycled. Calvert
group started buying recycled efforts in 1982 and started their recycling
program in 1984.
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Business or Individual: EU Services
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: EU Services continues
to increase their recycling efforts and increased their recycling
rate from 87 percent in 2001 to 89 percent in 2002. In addition to
the required materials, EU Services also recycles plastic shrink wrap,
toner cartridges and pallets.
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Business or Individual: Euro Motorcars
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: In 2002, Euro Motorcars
recycled the required materials along with voluntarily recycling other
materials such as used motor oil and antifreeze to bring their overall
recycling rate to an impressive 88 percent. Euro Motorcars also has
an impressive buy recycled program by purchasing oil absorbent pads,
towels, tissue paper and more that are made with recycled content.
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Business or Individual: G Street Fabrics
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: G Street Fabrics increased
their recycling rate in 2002 to 72 percent from 40 percent in 2001.
In addition to their recycling program, G Street Fabrics has a successful
waste reduction program. They use their shredded paper as packing
materials and they make notepads from scrap paper.
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Business or Individual: Homeshine Furniture
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Homeshine Furniture
just began their recycling program in January 2002, and for the entire
year, Homeshine Furniture recycled 57 percent of their waste.
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Business or Individual: Jones Lang LaSalle
(One Bethesda Center)
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: As property manager
for One Bethesda Center, Jones Lang LaSalle is committed to recycling
and has used educational materials from the SORRT Program to successfully
develop a recycling program that resulted in a 57 percent recycling
rate for One Bethesda Center.
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Business or Individual: K-Mart Store #4860
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: By recycling all of
the cardboard boxes that came into this store, K-Mart Store #4860
recycled 87 percent of its total waste stream in 2002. In addition,
they also recycle car batteries and have a reuse program for their
pallets.
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Business or Individual: Lockheed Martin
Corporate Headquarters
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: In addition to recycling
the County’s required materials resulting in a 64 percent recycling
rate in 2002, Lockheed Martin Corporate Headquarters in Bethesda also
sent 70,000 pounds of computers, over 500 pounds of batteries and
hundreds of toner cartridges for recycling.
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Business or Individual: Lockheed Martin
Mission Systems (9211, 9221, 9231 Corporate Blvd., Rockville)
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: In addition to achieving
a 57 percent recycling rate in 2002, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems
recycled their wood pallets and over 8,000 pounds of computer hardware.
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Business or Individual: McShea Management
(5 Choke Cherry Rd)
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: As a property management
company for several buildings in Montgomery County, McShea Management’s
commitment to improving the recycling programs at their buildings
resulted in a 56 percent recycling rate for their building at 5 Choke
Cherry Road in 2002.
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Business or Individual: MedImmune, Inc.
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: MedImmune, Inc. exceeded
the County’s 50 percent recycling goal in 2002 by recycling
53 percent of their waste.
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Business or Individual: Middlebrook Grocery
Discount Beer and Wine
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: After beginning their
recycling program in March 2002, Middlebrook Grocery Discount Beer
and Wine recycled an amazing 88 percent of their waste for the remainder
of the year.
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Business or Individual: Montgomery County
Department of Police
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: The commitment of the
Department of Police to increase their recycling efforts resulted
in an increase of recycling from just over 82 percent in 2001 to over
89 percent in 2002 from their many stations and facilities. The Police
recycling program also includes its uniform recycling program which
results in 7,000 to 8,000 pounds of additional materials each year.
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Business or Individual: Moore & Associates
(10720, 10750, 10770 Columbia Pike)
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Moore and Associates,
a property management company for several buildings in the County
reported that they employees located in their office buildings located
at 10720, 10750, and 10770 Columbia Pike exceeded the County’s
50 percent recycling goal and recycled 67 percent of their waste in
2002.
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Business or Individual: National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: The National Association
of Securities Dealers exceeded the County’s 50 percent recycling
goal by recycling more than 56 percent of their waste last year.
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Business or Individual: NCR Corporation
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: NCR Corporation continues
to exceed the County’s recycling goal by achieving a 67 percent
recycling rate in 2002.
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Business or Individual: National Institute
of Standards & Technology
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: The National Institute
of Standards and Technology increased their recycling rate from 65
percent in 2001 to just over 70 percent in 2002. In addition, the
NIST Environmental Team hosts an annual Earth Day event to promote
waste reduction and recycling to all staff and to the children of
NIST’s daycare center.
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Business or Individual: Pinnacle Printing
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Pinnacle Printing, with
just 18 employees, achieved a 68 percent recycling rate for 2002.
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Business or Individual: Scuderi Auto Body
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Scuderi Auto Body continues
to exceed the County’s 50 percent recycling goal by recycling
56 percent of their waste stream in 2002.
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Business or Individual: Smith Lithograph
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Once again, Smith Lithograph
has demonstrated its commitment to recycling by recycling a 98 percent
recycling rate in 2002. Smith Lithograph has maintained a recycling
rate of over 90 percent during the past several years.
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Business or Individual: Spaulding &
Slye International Colliers (1801 Rockville Pike)
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Spaulding and Slye Colliers
management and building engineers for 1801 Rockville Pike continue
to monitor and improve their recycling program. As a result of their
hard work and dedication, the recycling rate at 1801 Rockville Pike
was 66 percent for 2002.
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Business or Individual: The Bureau of National
Affairs
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Once again, the commitment
of staff at the Bureau of National Affairs achieved a recycling rate
of 93 percent in 2002. In addition to the required materials, they
also recycled used CD’s and 3.5 inch diskettes and reused old
binders and packing materials.
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Business or Individual: American Occupational
Therapy Association
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Again, the American
Occupational Therapy Association went above and beyond the County’s
recycling goal and recycled 61 percent of their waste in 2002. AOTA
also recycled computers and toner cartridges in 2002.
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Business or Individual: United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: As part of its environmental
commitment, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission hosts an annual Earth
Day event to inform employees of their waste reduction, buying recycled
and recycling efforts. NRC sent over 2,000 pounds of office supplies
to its reuse program, donated 48,000 pounds of computer hardware and
achieved a 60 percent recycling rate in 2002, up from just over 45
percent in 2001.
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Business or Individual: WESTAT
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: WESTAT improved its
recycling efforts in 2002 and as a result, they recycled 56 percent
of their waste in 2002. This is an increase of 6 percent in just one
year.
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Business or Individual: Willard Packaging
Company
Award Type: Excellence in Recycling
Reason for being recognized: Willard Packaging Group
recycled its office paper, cardboard boxes, newspaper, and aluminum
cans in 2002 which resulted in an 88 percent recycling rate.
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