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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 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) Individual Recognition 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