• The 2008 Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition (DRMC) Air Quality Award for efforts in promoting clean air policies and programs. 
• National Environmental Health Association's (NEHA) Excellence in Sustainability Award
  

2007 

• 1st place Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community Achievement Award in population category
• 2nd place Keep America Beautiful National Award for population >200,000
• Distinguished Service Citation from Keep America Beautiful National Award for Beautification & Community Improvement
• Heather Merchant, Environmental Education & Community Outreach Supervisor named City of Plano Employee of the Year
• Christopher Day, Commercial Recycling Coordinator named North Texas Corporate Recycling Association Volunteer of the Year.
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O First Place in Automated - Richard Bowden 
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O First Place in Rear Loader - Roosevelt Gay 
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O Second Place in Automated - Michael Crawford 
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O Second Place in Rear Loader - Allen Byrne 
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O Third Place in Automated - Mose Johnson 
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O Third Place in Rear Loader - Jesse Holmes
  

2006

• 1st place 2006 National Award for Waste Reduction from Keep America Beautiful for the Government Agency category for special waste programs including: the Household Chemical Collection and Reuse Center program, Electronic Waste Recycling program and paint recycling program.
• 2006 Excellence in Environmental Awareness Government Awards through the League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund for long-term commitment, leadership, coalition building, and educational outreach, as well as significant impact on recycling. 
• 2nd place Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community Achievement Award of Excellence in population category. 
• North Texas Corporate Recycling Association - Environmental Vision Award in Government Category.
  

2005

• 2005 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Government Category Finalist - Commercial Diversion 
• 2005 Outstanding "Closing the Loop" award to Plano Material Exchange - Recycling Alliance of Texas
• 2005 SILVER Communication Excellence Award - Solid Waste Association of North America 
• 2005 Service-Learning Collaboration Award - Collin County Community College - Center for Scholarly & Civic Engagement Local Actions, Global Impact
• Best Family Entry to Keep Plano Beautiful in the 2005 Fourth of July Parade - Plano Chamber of Commerce 
• 2005 Environmental Vision Award from the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association - Karen Hargis 
• Regional Cooperation Award - North Central Texas Council of Governments 
• United States Composting Council H. Clark Award for Outstanding Grassroots Efforts to promote Composting - Heather Merchant

2004

• Texas Municipal League Municipal Excellence Award in the Public Works category for cities over 25,000 for its Compost Marketing Program
• 2004 Environmental Vision Award - North Texas Corporate Recycling Association for the partnership of City of Plano, PISD and Trinity Waste Services - Recycling and Waste Minimization for the Clean Your Lockers Event
• City of Plano Employee of the Year - Ronnie Knapp
• City of Plano VIP Supervisor of the Year - Heather Merchant
• APWA Professional Manager of the Year in Solid Waste - Nancy Nevil
• 2004 SWANA Silver Excellence Award - Marketing
• Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community Achievement Award of Excellence
• Keep Texas Beautiful Gold Star Affiliate Award
• National Gardening Association - 2004 Youth Garden Award
• TxSWANA Ken Smith Achievement Award - Nancy Nevil
• TxSWANA State Truck Road-E-O First Place Rearloader - Dwayne Sprabary
• TxSWANA State Truck Road-E-O Second Place Rearloader - Bo Pracht

2003

• Environmental Vision Award - Landscaping & Composting Government
• Recycling Alliance of Texas Outstanding Compost Program
• Recycling Alliance of Texas Outstanding "Closing the Loop" (partnership with Trinity Waste Management & EnviroGlas)
• Dallas County Corporate Recycling Council Environmental Public Education & Outreach - Plano's Compost Program - Heather Merchant
• Dallas County Corporate Recycling Council Outstanding Environmental Youth Education & Outreach - Rice Middle School - Lori Walton
• Dallas County Corporate Recycling Council Linda Smith Memorial Award - Andrews Elementary - Glenna Brown
• Dallas County Corporate Recycling Council Outstanding Integrated SWM Program - Albertson's - Heidi Smalley
• Dallas County Corporate Recycling Council Outstanding Recycling Partnership - Roy's Restaurant - Heidi Smalley
• Dallas County Corporate Recycling Council Outstanding Closing the Loop Program - Eco-glass Flooring - City of Plano, Trinity Waste Management and American Terrazzo Company
• SWANA Driver of the Year - Dwayne Sprabary

2002

• Recycling Alliance of Texas - Outstanding Organic Recycling Program Keep Texas Beautiful - Sustained Excellence
• Dallas County Corporate Recycling Council Environmental Vision Award - Sustainability
• APWA Charles Walter Nichols Award – Nancy Nevil
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O First Place Automated - Jesse Holmes
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O Second Place Automated - Roosevelt Gay
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O First Place Rearloader - Dwayne Sprabary
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O First Place Manual Side Loader - Michael Thomas

2001

• Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community Achievement Award - First Place
• Kroger Program Scholarship for the Great American Cleanup
• Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Gold Award for HHW Reuse Program

2000

• Keep America Beautiful Distinguished Service Citation for Leaders in Community Improvement 
• Keep Texas Beautiful Governor’s Community Achievement Award – Second Place
• Keep Texas Beautiful Award of Excellence
• Keep Texas Beautiful Sadie Ray Graff Education Award – Wells Elementary School
• Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Gold Award for Public Education
• Recycling Coalition of Texas Outstanding Recycling Public Education Program
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O First Place Automated Jesse Holmes
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O Second Place Rearloader Dwayne Sprabary
• TxSWANA Truck Road-E-O Third Place Rearloader Jerry Ragsdale
• Heather Merchant – VIP Volunteer Supervisor of the Year

1999

• Recycling Coalition of Texas (RCT) Volunteer of the Year – Brett Taylor – Gulledge Elementary School

1998

• Recycling Coalition of Texas (RCT) Environmental Excellence: Best Community Based Recycling Program
• RCT "Volunteer of the Year - Martha Chalhoub" – Bethany Elementary (KPB)
• Mendenhall Elementary - 2nd Place … Keep Texas Beautiful Sadie Rae Graff Award – honors exceptional school education programs

1997

• PISD Council of PTA Recognition to Keep Plano Beautiful
• Glad Bag-a-thon Best City-wide Cleanup ($4,400 – prize money)
• Renew America 1997 Certificate of Environmental Achievement
• National Certificate of Environmental Achievement - to City of Plano’s Integrated Environmental Waste Services Management Program from Renew America, Inc., Wash, D.C.
• Earthworks ‘97 Bioneer Composting Award - Organic Recycling Institute of Texas to Environmental Waste Services Department and Keep Plano Beautiful program
• Keep America Beautiful National Systems Award - 1st Place to Keep Plano Beautiful in 150,001- 500,000 Category - to be awarded in December at KAB Conference in Wash, DC.
• Ruder Finn / KAB GLAD Bag-a-thon Honorable Mention (5 chosen out of 100) for Cleanup
• Glad Bag-a-thon Award $2,000 to Keep Plano Beautiful for overall successful Citywide Cleanup program, April, 1997 from Keep America Beautiful, First Brand Products and Ruder-Finn PR Firm.
• PISD Council of PTA Recognition to Keep Plano Beautiful - from Council of PTA’s for overall contribution to PISD environmental programs.

1996

• Keep Texas Beautiful Governor’s Achievement Award ($125,000 given to implement highway landscaping projects by TXDOT)
• Keep America Beautiful National Systems Award
• Recycling Coalition of Texas Best Public Education Program
• Recycling Coalition of Texas Best Statewide Recycling Program
• Solid Waste Association of North America Recycling Excellence Gold Award
• Glad Bag-a-thon Best City-wide Cleanup ($2,300 and $2,500)
• Texas Municipal League Award of Excellence Public Works Category
• Renew America 1996 Certificate of Environmental Achievement

1995

• Texas Corporate Recycling Council - Environmental Vision Award
• Keep Texas Beautiful Governor’s Achievement Award ($125,000 given to implement highway landscaping projects by TXDOT)
• Renew America 1995 Certificate of Environmental Achievement

1994

• Sustained Excellence - Keep Texas Beautiful
• KAB National Finalist - Certificate of Merit
• Corporate Recycling Council of Collin County - Environmental Vision Award

1993

• Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community Achievement Award - First Place
• KAB National Finalist - Certificate of Merit
• Sustained Excellence - Keep Texas Beautiful
• Clean Texas 2000 Educational Award

1992

• Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Systems Award
• 1st Place KAB Month Award
• Sustained Excellence - Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) 
• Stephen Key, 2nd Place Winner in TxSWANA Annual Truck RODEO ... (Texas Chapter of the Solid Waste Services Association of North America)
• Nancy Nevil, TxSWANA representative on SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America) International Board