Recycler of the Year Awards
Each year, AOR selects individuals and organizations to receive Recycler of the Year Awards. Nominations for the 2019 Recycler of the Year Awards are now open. Learn more.
Award recipients have made exceptional contributions to recycling and waste prevention in Oregon and typically demonstrate the following:
- Enhancement of materials management through waste prevention, recycling, composting, innovation, upstream impacts, or market development.
- A long-term commitment to waste prevention, recycling, market development, or community involvement.
- Innovation in proposing or implementing new, modified, or unique technologies, processes, or promotion.
- Economic benefits in terms of reduced costs to businesses, organizations, or the public.
- Transferability of recycling or waste prevention programs, processes, or efforts.
Recycler of the Year Awards 2018
Congratulations to the 2018 Recycler of the Year Award winners:
Recycler of the Year – Nonprofit
NextStep Recycling
Recycler of the Year – Individual
Eva Aguilar, Washington County
Recycler of the Year – Business or Institution
Port of Portland, Green Plate Pilot Program
Recycler of the Year - Higher Education
University of Oregon Zero Waste Program
Recycler of the Year - Youth Education
Churchill High School, Rachel Carson Academy Master Recycling Program
Recycler of the Year – Innovation Award
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County
Recycler of the Year – Public Agency
Green Team at Coos Bay Bureau of Land Management
Public Education/Promotion Program of the Year
School Resource Conservation (SRC) Network
Life Time Achievement Award
Nancy Bond, Portland Public Schools
Alice Soderwall Reuse and Waste Prevention Award
Free Geek
Recycler of the Year Award Winners
For year-by-year details about the winners, click on the appropriate year below.
- 2017 Recycler of the Year Award Winners
- 2016 Recycler of the Year Award Winners
- 2015 Recycler of the Year Award Winners
- 2014 Recycler of the Year Award Winners
- 2013 Recycler of the Year Award Winners
- 2012 Recycler of the Year Award Winners
- 2011 Recycler of the Year Award Winners
- 2010 Recycler of the Year Award Winners