Awards

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

	Carolina Recycling Association, Outstanding Volunteer Program  Award of Excellence, 2012.
	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.
	They're Recycling Their Brain Power,- Parade Magazine, October 31, 2004, Jonathan Schwarz.
	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.