Waste Industry Professionals Honored by Environmental Industry Associations

Recipients Recognized at Annual Waste Expo Awards Breakfast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2011
Contact: Thom Metzger, 202-364-3751

DALLAS, TEXAS – More than two dozen men and women in the solid waste industry were honored for their service to the field at a special awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 10, sponsored by the Environmental Industry Associations (EIA) and its two sub-associations, the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) and the Waste Equipment Technology Association (WASTEC). The breakfast ceremony was held in Dallas, Texas, during WasteExpo 2011, North America’s largest solid waste and recycling tradeshow.

NSWMA represents for-profit companies that provide solid, hazardous and medical waste collection, recycling and waste disposal services, and companies that provide professional and consulting services to the waste services industry. WASTEC represents companies that design, build, distribute, service and consult with respect to the equipment and technology systems that are used to collect, contain, transport, store, process, recycle, treat and dispose of the world's solid wastes and recyclable materials.

“We are honored to recognize these 27 individuals,” said EIA and NSWMA President and CEO Bruce J. Parker. “The careers of these committed professionals are filled with outstanding achievements. Their noteworthy service to their companies and America’s solid waste industry has helped our industry better serve its customers, be more safety conscious and be more environmentally innovative.”

“We are fortunate to be part of an industry with such a dynamic and praiseworthy workforce,” said Janice Bradley, WASTEC’s executive vice president.  “We salute all of the award recipients.”

Those honored at the May 10 event included:

EIA Drivers of the Year

• Edward Aubin, Sr., Arena Trucking Co., Inc. (Rice, Va.) – Small Industrial
• Brian LaRotonda, Mr. T Carting Corp. (Glendale, N.Y.) – Small Commercial
• Tony Louzon, ACE Solid Waste, Inc. (Ramsey, Minn.) – Small Residential
• Danny McIntyre, Republic Services, Inc. (Las Vegas, Nev.) – Large Commercial
• Keith Pilot, Republic Services, Inc. (Henderson, Nev.) – Large Residential
• Eugene Schmidtke, Veolia Environmental Services (Ocala, Fla.) – Large Industrial
• John Whittaker, Salt Lake County (Midvale, Utah) – Public Sector

EIA Hall of Fame

• Victor “Skip” Berg, Sonrai Systems (Annandale, N.J.)
• Peggy Gaston, Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, Texas)
• Ben Harvey, E.L. Harvey & Sons, Inc. (Westborough, Mass.)
• John Jennings, Waste Pro USA (Longwood, Fla.)
• Jim O’Connor, Republic Services, Inc., retired (Phoenix, Ariz.)
• Robert Pioch, Anchor Machine & Tool, posthumously (Jackson, Mich.)

EIA Special Trustee Award

Gordon Shaw, Marathon Equipment Co., retired (Vernon, Ala.)

NSWMA Distinguished Service Award

• Paul Smith, Recology (San Francisco, Calif.)
• Amy Van Kolken Banister, Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, Texas)

NSWMA Member of the Year

Phil Carter, Waste Industries USA (Raleigh, N.C.)

NSWMA Special Governor's Awards

• Ralph Diaz, Corpus Christi Disposal Service, retired (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• Lisa Disbrow, Waste Management, Inc. (Illinois and Indiana)
• Aaron Gilman, SCS Field Services (Reston, Va.)
• Tim O’Donnell, Republic Services, Inc. (York, Pa.)
• Jack Perko, Republic Services, Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.)

WASTEC Distinguished Service Award

Mike Rockefeller, Bond Beebe Accountants & Advisors (Bethesda, Md.)

WASTEC Employees of the Year

• Juan Nodal, CP Manufacturing (National City, Calif.) – in Production
• Karen Seevers, E-Z Pack Manufacturing (Cynthiana, Ky.) – in Sales and Marketing
• Jim Weller, CP Manufacturing (National City, Calif.) – in Engineering

WASTEC Member of the Year

Margie Campbell, New Waste Concepts (Perrysburg, Ohio)

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Biographical information and photos is available for all of the award recipients upon request. For more information, contact Thom Metzger at tmetzger@envasns.org.

For more information about the various EIA/NSWMA/WASTEC award programs, including qualification information and previous winners, visit www.environmentalistseveryday.org/awards.

For more information about how innovation in the solid waste industry is helping to solve today’s environmental challenges, visit www.environmentalistseveryday.org.