Recycle Guys Awards Program
2008 Recycle Guys Awards Call for Entries
NEW! The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control's (DHEC) Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling (Office) is pleased to call for nominations for the 14th annual Recycle Guys Awards program. Each year, the Office honors the top recycling programs, projects and people in South Carolina for outstanding achievement in a variety of categories. The 2008 award winners will be honored at a luncheon on March 3, 2009 in Columbia at Seawell's Restaurant.
Please join our efforts to recognize innovative and successful solid waste management programs, projects and people. You can't win if you don't enter! For a nomination ballot, click here. Entries must be received by January 16, 2009.
2007 Recycle Guys Award Winners
The award recipients listed below were last year at the 13th Annual Recycle Guys Awards Program. To view a press release about the awards program, click here.
- Recycling Professional of the Year - County: Madaline Braxton, Clarendon County
- Recycling Professional of the Year - Municipality: Alysen Woodruff, City of Greenville
- Recycling Professional of the Year - College/University: Charley Butts, Clemson University
- Solid Waste Directors: Ed Marr, City of Greenville and Jim Minor, Beaufort County
- Outstanding County Waste Reduction/Recycling Program – Large Population: York County
- Outstanding County Waste Reduction/Recycling Program – Medium Population: Pickens County
- Outstanding County Waste Reduction/Recycling Program – Small Population: Clarendon County
- Outstanding Municipal Waste Reduction/Recycling Program: City of Rock Hill
- Outstanding Local Government Used Oil Recycling Program: Dorchester County
- Outstanding Federal Facility Waste Reduction/Recycling Program: Charleston Air Force Base
- Outstanding State Agency Waste Reduction/Recycling Program: S.C. Department of Transportation
- Outstanding College or University Waste Reduction/Recycling Program: Bob Jones University
- Recycling Student of the Year: Markquez A. Jamison, Conway Middle School, Horry County
- Recycling Schools of the Year: North Myrtle Beach High School, Horry County and St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School, Spartanburg County
- Recycling Teacher of the Year: Denise Applewhite, Conway Middle School, Horry County
- Volunteer of the Year Award: Leadership York County - Class of 2007 Environmental Team
- Most Valuable Player Award: Tina Harmer , York County
- Special Recognition Awards: Rep. Laurie Slade Funderburk, Andrew Talkish and Vincent Gallman, City of Columbia
- DHEC Recycling Coordinator of the Year: Sarah Daniels, Environmental Quality Control, Region 1
- Recycling Center Attendant Recognition Awards: Earl B. Holley, Aiken County; Roy Waters, Anderson County; Mikkie Murden, Bamberg County; Maude Sanders, Barnwell County; Carl Pierce, Berkeley County; Ruthie Mitchell, Charleston County; Phyllis Russell, Cherokee County; Homer Harmon, Chester County; Gerald Chapman, Chesterfield County; Bobby Evans (in memoriam), Clarendon County; James Buckner, Colleton County; Henry Byrd, Darlington County; Betty Sue Moody, Dillon County; Barbara Carn, Dorchester County; Don Presley, Edgefield County; Solomon Robinson, Fairfield County; Joe Williams, Florence County; Alonzo Mills, Greenville County; Lula M. Brown, Hampton County; Harold Pharr, Horry County; Franklin Jenkins, Jasper County; Jeff McKinney, Jr., Kershaw County; Ben Morris, Lancaster County; Carroll Nichols, Lee County; Kwame White, Lexington County; Jerry Lewis, Marion County; Truman Lilly, Marlboro County; Gloria Glasscock, McCormick County; Cecil Alewine, Newberry County; Freddie Phillips, Orangeburg County; Edward Lesley, Pickens County; Aughtry Snelgrove, Saluda County; Hubert Waldrep, Spartanburg County; Stanley Montgomery, Sumter County; King Fulton, Williamsburg County; and Bascom Dewitt, York County.
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For more information about recycling in South Carolina, please call 1-800-768-7348.
This Web page was last updated on October 24, 2008.