Environmental Star of Excellence
The Environmental Star of Excellence Awards are designed to recognize outstanding environmental leadership and achievement within the Plano community. Projects or work should be completed between May 2010 and May 2011.
Award Categories: Please check the category and award for which you are applying. Complete the corresponding award application. Please note that Community Partnership and Community Outreach Awards have different individual applications. All other awards utilize the same application form.
Business
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Environmental Commitment - Recognizes a company's passion and commitment in implementing a diversion initiative which goes beyond impacting its immediate organization. |
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Green Building - Recognizes a building or facility that incorporates significant sustainable features. |
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Organic Recycling - Recognizes a company's efforts and results in participating in the City's organic recycling program which primarily collects and reuses food materials in developing Texas Pure products. |
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Single-stream Recycling - Recognizes a company's efforts in a diversion program highlighting the collection of single-stream recyclables and detailing resulting benefits. |
Community
These awards highlight and celebrate successful local projects and organizations whose efforts have improved the community. Projects should promote or incorporate one or more of the following practices: waste minimization, recycling*, composting, litter prevention, beautification, water conservation, energy conservation, air quality initiatives, or 
other green practices.
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Multi-family Communities |
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Non-profits (includes religious institutions) |
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Educational Institutions (any level) |
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Neighborhood Groups/Homeowner Association |
Partnership
This award recognizes an organization who has partnered with the City of Plano to accomplish an environmental objective that benefits the Plano community, or causes residents to take action to protect the environment in some way.
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Community Partnership Award |
Individual
This award recognizes an individual who has been instrumental in reaching out to the community to further promote environmental and sustainability programs and/or issues that benefit Plano. (These can be environmental initiatives independent of City of Plano programs. The nominee may have been involved in a number of different types of initiatives, or only one.) Nominations may come from third party, self nomination or Sustainability & Environmental Services staff.
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Community Outreach Award |
The Environmental Star of Excellence Awards celebrates the strides the City of Plano has made as a community over the last year in environmental initiatives and honors the people and community partners making a difference.
Presentation of Awards
Applications will be reviewed immediately following the August 1, 2011 deadline. Winning recipients will be notified by telephone prior to the awards banquet. Awards will be presented at the Environmental Community Awards luncheon.
Additional Information
Please call (972) 769-4130 if you have any questions or require additional information.
Environmental School Awards
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The City of Plano Environmental Education & Community Outreach Division promotes programs that educate and involve students in activities resulting in an increased awareness about and concern for our environment. The Environmental School Awards are designed to recognize schools and school groups that make outstanding contributions towards involving Plano students in environmental activities and programs throughout the school year.
These awards are open to all PISD schools, regardless of location and grade level.
Award Categories
Awards will be presented in the following categories:
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Clean Campus Award |
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Outstanding Campus Beautification Award |
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Outstanding Composting Award |
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Outstanding Environmental Awareness Group |
Click here to download the Application Packet
Submission Information
Applications may be mailed or delivered to the following:
Mailing Address:
City of Plano
Environmental Education & Community Outreach Division
P. O. Box 860358
Plano, Texas 75086-0358
Physical Address: 4200 West Plano Parkway (2nd Floor)
(between Coit and Ohio; turn South at light at Commerce St., at stop sign, turn right and follow access road to 4200 W. Plano Pkwy.)
Deadline
All applications must be received in the Environmental Education & Community Outreach Division by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 27, 2011. Mailed applications must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, May 24, 2011.
Presentation of Awards
Applications will be reviewed immediately following the due date. Winning recipients will be notified by telephone prior to the awards banquet. Awards will be presented at the Environmental Community Awards Program in September, 2011.
Additional Information
Please call (972) 769-4130 if you have any questions or require additional information.