The Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management (DSWM), Miami, has won the 2011 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo). According to a press release, DSWM was honored for its ongoing curbside recycling education campaign.
Kathleen Woods-Richardson, DSWM solid waste director, says, “We are proud to win this prestigious award. It took a significant effort to educate our customers when we first converted to our current single-stream recycling program. We wanted to keep that momentum and excitement going for recycling, and our education efforts have continued paying off, as we are consistently seeing excellent results.”
The DSWM began a transition from the old dual-stream recycling program to the new, streamlined, single-stream program in June 2008. The transition was completed by the end of 2008. According to a press release, DSWM collected nearly double the tonnage of recyclables as it had done the last fiscal year of the old program. The year after that, Miami-Dade curbside customers recycled 60,808 tons of glass, plastic, aluminum, steel and paper.
More information can be found at www.miamidade.gov/dswm.
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