RCBC Annual Awards

2010 RCBC Award Winners

Each year the Recycling Council of B.C. recognizes the valuable contribution that individuals and organizations make towards the preservation and protection of British Columbia's environment.

The 2010 RCBC Environmental Awards were presented at our 36th Annual Zero Waste Conference on May 26, 2010.

Non-Profit - Friends Uniting for Nature (FUN) Camps
Public Sector - Vancouver Convention Centre
Youth Recognition - The H2O Canada Team Leaders - Kara, Katie, Michael and Matthew Warnock
Education - Erma Stephenson Elementary School in Surrey, BC
Private Sector - Urban Impact Recycling
Innovation - Jan Kobylka - IATSE Local 891
Journalism/Media Excellence - The Clean Bin Project
Personal Achievement - John Richards

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2009 Featured Winners

Journalism/Media Excellence Award

Rafe Mair

Rafe Mair has been a dominant voice in Canadian print and broadcast journalism for more than a quarter of a century. These days he reaches, beseeches and teaches us through his hard-hitting, no-holds-barred contributions to BC's on-line newspaper, The Tyee.ca

Personal Achievement Award

Beth Ringdahl -- Red Dot Campaign

Beth Ringdahl, masterminded Canada's Red Dot Campaign, focused on raising awareness about the Consumers Choice policy at Canada Post, which gives people the opportunity to opt out of junk mail. Beth's campaign also spotlights reducing waste from the producer as the most environmentally sound way to manage our environmental footprint.

Photo: Alan Stanley - President, RCBC (left) Beth Ringdahl (right)

Other winners

photo: 2009 RCBC Awards Presentation

Youth Recognition Award

Bench Elementary School's Make a Difference Club

Non-Profit Achievement Award

Developmental Disabilities Association

Private Sector Award

Staples Advantage

Public Sector Award

BC Liquor Distribution Board

Education Award

Debbie Smilth and Jane Amstutz -- Bench Elementary School