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Recycling awards
Friday, May 01, 2009
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The city of Napa handed out $8,500 in cash awards Thursday to 13 local businesses, six schools and two apartment complexes for their outstanding recycling and waste reduction practices.

The money comes from Napa Recycling and Waste Services as part of its contract with the city, said Sara Gallegos, a materials diversion analyst.
The city winners were: Native Sons Hall, $250; R Pals Music, $250; Central Valley Builders Supply, $1,000; Napa Valley Wine Train, $1,000; Oak Hill Condos, $500; Rohlffs Manor, $1,000; Kolbe Academy and Trinity Prep, $1,000; St. John’s Lutheran School, $1,000; Harvest Middle School, $1,000; River Middle School, $500, and Napa Valley College, $1,000.

South county winners, who did not receive cash awards, were: Cuvaison Winery, a green certified winery; Collotype Labels, diverting large amounts of materials; Mont La Salle, improved recycling setup; Monticello Deli & Catering and Soda Canyon Store, food scrap composting; Foster’s Wine Estates, recycling and food scrap collection; Portocork America, cork recycling and corporate sustainability; Silverado Resort, food scrap program; Wintun School/County Office of Education, school waste reduction, and di Rosa Preserve, composting, reuse and zero waste.
2 comment(s)

southnapareader wrote on May 1, 2009 12:49 AM:

" Awesome work for all that are improving our efforts in recycling and reuse and reducing our waste...

How were these winners nominated and chosen? Criteria? "

kbf wrote on May 1, 2009 7:17 AM:

" Businesses, schools and apartments are visited and their trash and recycling bins are looked at for contamination (trash in recycling and recycling in trash) and given a percentage. The ones with the lowest percentage is the winners. "

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