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Awards and Recognition Earned by WRP

Waste Reduction Partners Program has been recognized with the following awards and national media coverage.

  • On November 9, 2011, Waste Reduction Partners received a Community Service Award for Outstanding Leadership in Clean Energy by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association.  
  • Recharging Local Economies: New Perspective on Regional Energy Efficiency Solutions, National Association of Development Organizations - Research Foundation. June 2009.
  • NC Department of Administration, State Energy Office, Energy and Sustainability Leadership Award for Community Service, March 2004.
  • National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway, Appreciation for Environmental Management System Support, 2004.
  • Carolina Recycling Association, Outstanding Volunteer Program  Award of Excellence, 2001. 
  • Ex-scientists Clean Up North Carolina, AARP Bulletin, December 2001, Margaret Fahey.
  • National Association of Development Organizations - Innovation Award for Clean Air Car Fairs 2001. 
  • National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) awarded Waste Reduction Partners the Distinguished Achievement Award in June 1997.
  • National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) awarded Waste Reduction Partners an Innovation Award in 1996.
  • North Carolina Recycling Association (NCRA) presented Waste Reduction Partners with the outstanding Community Volunteer Program Award (for excellence in waste reduction and recycling) in 1996.