CDRA accepting entries for its award ceremony

Every year the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA) holds an awards ceremony honoring individuals in C&D recycling who have made significant contributions to the industry. Entries are due by Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, and awards presented at the association’s annual membership meeting during C&D World, March 8, 2017 in Las Vegas.

The available awards:

Construction & Demolition Recycling Hall of Fame
First introduced at C&D World 2013, the Construction & Demolition Recycling Hall of Fame honors those individuals whose careers have best served the industry and the CDRA. Recyclers and vendors are eligible for the reward.

“The Hall of Fame provides a way to spotlight the pioneers and leaders in the C&D industry,” says Valerie Montecalvo, CDRA immediate past president and president of Bayshore Recycling. “But our goal with all these awards is to recognize excellence within the C&D recycling industry. It always means more when the recognition comes from one’s peers.”

This institution honors those prominent leaders and pioneers in the construction and demolition recycling industry that have made extraordinary contributions to their community, both personally and professionally, and have earned the respect of the industry. It serves to recognize the achievements of those who have exemplified the importance of promoting and defending the environmentally sound recycling of construction and demolition material through innovative processes and have encouraged and supported others to build a career in the industry. Finally, the Construction & Demolition Recycling Hall of Fame recognizes leadership in advocating for environmentally sound practices with the regulating agencies and legislative bodies that govern waste regulations.

Requirements for candidates for the Hall of Fame:

• candidates must exemplify leadership, defined as outstanding and enduring contributions to the success of the industry and to improving the processes, efficiencies and/or the human relations of the industry in an active capacity for a minimum of 10 years
• candidates’ business actions and personal behavior should demonstrate courageous thinking and actions as well as vision and innovation
• candidates can come from the industry as an owner, operator or vendor

CDRA Recycler of the Year
The CDRA Recycler of the Year recognizes the individual or company that exemplifies excellence in the C&D industry. The award is meant to honor those recycling operations in the construction and demolition recycling industry who have made an extraordinary contribution to the industry through one or more of the following criteria:

• advancing business operations that result in increased recycling percentage
• developing novel methods of marketing and conducting business
• innovative practices in employer-employee relations
• ensuring safer operations
• protecting the environment
• developing industry standards