From left to right: Eric Caplan – Tampa International Airport; Alan Morrison & Joseph England – City of Orlando; Jennifer O’Brien – Resource Depot; Andrea Lemaitre – City of Coral Springs; Aimee Krivan – Orange County and Keyna Cory – Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation.

Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined forces on Nov. 15 to encourage all Floridians to recycle. As part of Florida Recycles Day, several local governments and organizations were recognized for their recycling efforts.

DEP presented Recycling Recognition Awards to counties for meeting the interim statewide recycling goal of 75 percent for 2022.  They were Palm Beach – 80%; Collier – 78% and Charlotte – 76%.

Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation announced the following 2023 Recycling Champion Award Winners:

1st Place Award:
City of Orlando for their LMI Multifamily Recycling Incentive

2nd Place Award:
League of Women Voters of Orange County, Orange County, City of Orlando & City of Winter Park for their Intergovernmental Waste Reduction Program – Campaign Signs Recycling

3rd Place Award:
City of Coral Springs for their Coral Springs Recycles Right! Campaign

Award for Community Impact:
Resource Depot for Turning Waste into Wonder

Award for Sustainable Impact:
Tampa International Airport for Master Plan Phase 1 – Environmental Stewardship

Award for Innovative Impact:
Keep Coral Gables Beautiful for their Reverse Vending Machine Rewards Incentive Pilot Program

Nominations were submitted this past fall and judged by students from the Patel College for Global Sustainability.

The Recycling Champion Award Winners will be featured in a webinar in January 2024.