2025 Mecklenburg County Recycling Excellence Award Nomination Form
Mecklenburg County is sponsoring this award as part of its waste reduction and recycling education programs. This award is open to individuals, businesses of all sizes, non-profits and community groups within Mecklenburg County. (NOTE: government agencies are not eligible for this award.) If you have any questions about the awards or nomination process, please contact Lauren.Sawyers@SustainCharlotte.org. NOTE: Past winners are ineligible to win two years in a row.
Are you nominating an individual, business, nonprofit, or community group? (Must be located in Mecklenburg County. Government agencies are not eligible for this award.)
Individual
Nonprofit
Business
Community group
Name of nominee
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Please select the criteria that your nominee meets. You will then have an opportunity to further explain how they meet those criteria.
Creative/Innovative solutions to waste reduction and/or recycling
Benefits the broader community
Approach can be scaled up
Inspires/educates others
Strengthens the economy
Other
Please provide a brief description of the nominee. Please include individual relevant credentials, size of company and industry, non-profit mission, community group demographics etc. Please note: Space is limited to 250 characters.
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Please provide a DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY of the nominee’s current waste reduction efforts in the areas of reducing, reusing and recycling. All efforts to reduce waste generation and disposal are eligible for this award. Items of interest may include (but are not limited to): Duration (if efforts are on-going, provide start date); scope (number of County residents impacted/per time period); types and quantities of materials diverted from landfills and/or recycled properly; employee or community participation levels. NOTE: Space is limited to 2000 characters.
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Please describe how the nominee EDUCATES Mecklenburg residents to reduce waste or Recycle Right: Be sure to also describe any efforts to promote positive behaviors outside of your immediate program participants, such as outreach and promotional efforts to the general public.
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Please provide any additional information you would like the judges to take into consideration that do not fit any of the required questions above. Examples may include challenges overcome, lessons learned, accolades received, funding sources, why the nominee deserves this award etc.
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What is YOUR name?
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Last Name
What is YOUR phone number?
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What is YOUR email address?
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What is the name of the person we should contact to let them know about their nomination?
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What is the NOMINEE's email address?
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What is the NOMINEE's phone number?
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If you have a photo representing your nominee, please upload it here.
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