EIA Driver of the Year Award Program

This program honors those drivers who operate their vehicles in a safe and responsible manner, maintain outstanding performance records, and whose contributions have enhanced the overall image of the solid waste industry. This competition is a great way to recognize your best and safest drivers.

Requirements

• Nominations are accepted for drivers from the private and public sectors in the United States involved in solid waste hauling and/or recycling services.
• Your driver must be a full-time employee at the time of nomination and at the time of winner selection and award presentation.
• Your company does not have to be a member of NSWMA or EIA to nominate a driver.
• Previous Driver of the Year winners are not eligible to enter again.

 

Award Recipients (1995-2012)
2012
Small Company Commercial	Jamie Montague	Rogue Disposal and Recycling, Inc. (Central Point, Ore.)
Small Company Industrial	Tony Milner	Rogue Disposal and Recycling, Inc. (Central Point, Ore.)
Small Company Residential	Ralph Smith	Forest Green Waste Services (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Large Company Commercial	Jesus Pena	Republic Services, Inc. (North Las Vegas, Nev.)
Large Company Industrial	Brett Popke	Allied Waste/Republic Services, Inc. (Sandusky, Ohio)
Large Company Residential	Mike Buczkowski	Republic Services, Inc. (Sylvania, Ohio)
Public Sector	Saul Lopez	Salt Lake County Sanitation (Utah)
2011
Small Company Commercial	Brian LaRotonda	Mr. T Carting Corp. (Glendale, N.Y.)
Small Company Industrial	Edward Aubin, Sr.	Arena Trucking Co., Inc. (Rice, Va.)
Small Company Residential	Tony Louzon	ACE Solid Waste, Inc. (Ramsey, Minn.)
Large Company Commercial	Danny McIntyre	Republic Services, Inc. (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Large Company Industrial	Eugene Schmidtke	Veolia Environmental Services (Ocala, Fla.)
Large Company Residential	Keith Pilot	Republic Services, Inc. (Henderson, Nev.)
Public Sector	John Whittaker	Salt Lake County (Midvale, Utah)
2010
Small Company Residential	David Merrill	Rogue Disposal and Recycling (White City, OR)
Small Company Commercial	Phillip Rogers	Windsor Sanitation (Windsor, CT)
Large Company Industrial	Rodney Poe	Republic Services (Indianapolis, IN)
Large Company Residential	Anthony Lucious	Republic Services (Las Vegas, NV)
Large Company Commercial	Kenneth Aldrich	Republic Services (Aurora, IL)
Public Sector	Coury Greear	Town of Gilbert (AZ)
2009
Small Company Industrial	Richard DeFelice	East Coast Resources (Richmond, VA)
Small Company Residential	Larry Upshaw	Cardinal Sanitation (Tyrone, GA)
Small Company Commercial	Sean Jollon	Mr. T Carting Corp. (Glendale, NY)
Large Company Industrial	John Thomas	Republic Services (Las Vegas, NV)
Large Company Residential	Jean Alexandre	Veolia E.S. (West Palm Beach, FL)
Large Company Commercial	Donald Lederer	Republic Services (Lake Havasu, AZ)
Public Sector	Kenneth Hunnicutt	City of Fresno (CA)
2008
Small Company Industrial	James E. Metzger	Peoria Disposal Company (Peoria, IL)
Small Company Residential	Delmar G. Decker	Manitowoc Disposal, Inc. (Manitowoc, WI)
Small Company Commercial	Jaime Diaz	Mr. T Carting Corp. (Glendale, NY)
Large Company Industrial	John H. Morrow	Waste Management, Inc. (Reno, NV)
Large Company Residential	Richard E. Lial	Republic Services (Henderson, NV)
Large Company Commercial	Jerome Overton	Republic Services (Henderson, NV)
Public Sector	Robert Overton	City of Fresno (CA)
2007
Small Company Industrial	Pat Sheahan	Marengo Disposal Co.
Small Company Residential	James Hickson	Arena Trucking Co.
Small Company Commercial	Kenneth Hewson	Northern Sanitation, Inc.
Large Company Industrial	Billy Hurst	Waste Management, Inc.
Large Company Residential	Lawrence Green	IESI Corp.
Large Company Commercial	Cleotha Williams	Republic Services, Inc.
Public Sector	Ronald Lilly	Town of Gilbert, Arizona
2006
Small Company Industrial	Salvatore Lemorta	Allied Waste Services of Albany
Small Company Residential	Ralph Dick	Allied Waste Services of Hagerstown
Small Company Commercial	Richard Lemley	Allied Waste Services of Albany
Large Company Industrial	Ronald Settle	Republic Services, Inc.
Large Company Residential	Michael Thomas	Duncan Disposal/Republic Services, Inc.
Large Company Commercial	Robert Jordan	Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
Public Sector	Junius Hawkins	City of San Diego/Environmental Services
2005
Small Company Industrial	David Alderman	Florida Refuse Service, Inc.
Small Company Residential	Paul Muth	Raritan Valley Disposal
Small Company Commercial	Tom Roeder	American Disposal Services of the Ozarks
Large Company Industrial	Jerry Wright	BFI Waste Services
Large Company Residential	Zacarias Pelayo	Taormina Industries
Large Company Commercial	Bobbie Gipson	Waste Management, Inc.
Public Sector	Darrell Merkel	City of Seattle - Solid Waste
2004
Small Company Industrial	Michael Tate	American Disposal Services
Small Company Residential	James Gradney	BFI Lake Charles
Small Company Commercial	Keith Bohac	Republic Waste Services
Large Company Industrial	Felipe Villegas	Consolidated Disposal Service, Inc.
Large Company Residential	William Taggert	BFI Waste Services
Large Company Commercial	Edward Wright	BFI Waste Services
Public Sector	Jack Manning	City of Prattville, Alabama
2003
Small Company Industrial	Charles Van Dyke	Onyx Waste Services
Small Company Residential	Michael J. Gerwolds	Rick Rhein Disposal
Small Company Commercial	David R. Coon	Prairie Waste Service
Large Company Industrial	Ed Pfrenger	Chardon Hauling/Waste Management, Inc.
Large Company Residential	Fred Hall	Waste Corporation of Joplin
Large Company Commercial	Randy J. Vandyken	Sunset Waste Services
Public Sector	Sanders Roberts, Jr.	City of Venice, Florida
2002
Small Company Industrial	Johnny Sledge	BFI Waste Systems
Small Company Residential	Brian Fortune	BFI - Elyria
Small Company Commercial	Kent Cousino	BFI
Large Company Industrial	Douglas Slinkman	National Waste Services
Large Company Residential	Anthony Ceasar	BFI Waste Services
Large Company Commercial	Charles Wright	Waste Management of Dade County
Public Sector	Enrique Rojas	City of San Diego, California
2001
Small Company	Gene R. Rehbein	Walters Recycling and Refuse
Large Company Industrial	John T. Updike, Sr.	BFI Waste Systems
Large Company Residential	Alan R. Beschler	York Waste Disposal, Inc.
Large Company Commercial	Alberto V. Aguilar	BFI Waste Systems
Public Sector	Michael J. Maloney	City of San Diego, California
2000
Small Company Industrial	Charles A. Elsaesser	Rumpke Transportation
Small Company Commercial	Robert L. Schneider	Lloyd Brothers Trucking Co.
Large Company Industrial	Dennis Potter	BFI Idaho
Large Company Residential	Johnie Lee Roberson	All Service Refuse
Large Company Commercial	Edward Lee Wright	BFI
Public Sector	Ernest E. Dennis	City of Iowa City, Iowa
1999
Small Company Industrial	Michael Hashem	E L Harvey & Sons
Small Company Residential	Darrell Tesch	Lloyd Brothers Trucking Co. Inc
Small Company Commercial	Harold L. Caskey	Rumpke Transportation Co.
Large Company Industrial	Colin Myron	Waste Management, Inc.
Large Company Residential	Stephen Carrington	Waste Management, Inc.
Large Company Commercial	L.C. Tycson	All Service Refuse
Public Sector	Johnny Rushing	City of San Diego
1998
Small Company Industrial	Manuel Darosa	Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling, Inc.
Small Company Residential	Jackson Kile	Wester Refuse Co
Small Company Commercial	Lester Kesy	L B Trucking
Large Company Industrial	Peter Myron	Waste Management, Inc.
Large Company Residential	Bobby Brown	Southern Sanitation
Large Company Commercial	Robert Allen	Waste Management, Inc.
Public Sector	Otis Braddy	City of Orlando (FL)
1997
Small Company Industrial	Ernest Tarca III	Paines Inc
Small Company Commercial	William Fankhauser	R.C. Miller Refuse Service, Inc.
Large Company Industrial	Aubrey Mannasseh	Southern Sanitation
Large Company Residential	Robert Flores	Waste Management of South Jersey
Large Company Commercial	Alexander Little	Waste Management of Delaware
1996
Small Company Industrial	Roger Foley	Rumpke Container Service
Small Company Residential	Kenneth Davies	R.C. Miller Refuse
Small Company Commercial	Kenneth Hier	Casella Waste Management
Large Company Industrial	Dennis Zehrung	Waste Management Northeast
Large Company Residential	Gary Robinson	Waste Management of Pittsburgh
Large Company Commercial	Kevin Sontag	Waste Management of Ohio
1995
Industrial Finalists	Thomas Lillis	Waste Management of Connecticut
	Richard Majtyka	Waste Management of New York
	Boyd Pearson	Waste Management of Ohio
	Lyle Planty	Waste Management of New York
	Steven Wright	Waste Management of Colorado
Residential Finalists	Jimmie Glover	Nichols Sanitation
	Earl Graves	Waste Management of St. Louis
	Tom Holibaugh	Waste Management of Michigan
	Steve Jenkins	Waste Management of SC
	James Mullinax	Waste Management of Ohio
Commercial Finalists	John Alley	Waste Management of South Carolina
	Fausto Guiterrez	Waste Management of San Diego
	John Moore	Waste Management of Ohio
	Roger Pike	Waste Management of Ohio
	Ralph Steckley	Big Bear Services (WMI)