Awards

AWARD DESCRIPTIONS

Composter of the Year Award
Awarded to a commercial-scale composting facility, public or private, which has displayed excellence in both compost production and marketing/distribution. The nominated facility must be in operation for a minimum of 5 years and in regulatory compliance for the last 3 years.

Hi Kellogg Award
Awarded to an individual who has displayed outstanding service to the U. S. composting industry over a period of many years. This award recognizes individuals who have left a lasting positive impact on the U.S. composting industry. A nominee must be active in the composting industry for a minimum of 10 years.

Rufus Chaney Award
Awarded to an individual who has displayed excellence in the area of compost research over a period of many years. This award recognizes those individuals whose breath of research and/or research findings have had a significant impact on the composting industry and/or end users of compost. A nominee must be active in compost/composting research for a minimum of 10 years.

H. Clark Gregory Award
Awarded to an individual who has displayed outstanding service to the composting industry through various grassroots efforts; including backyard composting, vermi-composting, or public or end user education. A nominee must be active in one or more of these compost related efforts for a minimum of 5 years.

Clean Water Award 
Awarded to a person or company in the compost industry or related field who have completed projects that positively impacted water quality via the use of organics or increased awareness of the link between quality soils, compost and water quality. Projects that use organic materials and have created clean water, prevent pollution, improved soil quality leading to improved water quality, conserves water or other practices related to water quality issues are elligible for this award.

The Jerome Goldstein Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded to an individual who has achieved excellence in their field of study and to honor those who have made significant contributions over their professional career to the field of environmental stewardship and natural resource sustainability. The Jerome Goldstein Lifetime Achievement Award is a special recognition award and not an annual award. It is presented at the annual conference and consists of a plaque and an annual donation to the Composting Council Research and Education Foundation in the name of the honoree.

2010 Award Winners

The USCC would like to congratulate the winners of the USCC’s 2010 Annual Awards:

Composter of the Year
Awarded to Tom Fry, Community Recycling & Resource Recovery, Inc. Lamont Compost Facility, CA

Hi Kellogg Award for Outstanding Service to the Composting Industry
Awarded to William Ward Townshend, South Dade Soil & Water Conservation District, FL

Rufus Chaney Award for Research Excellence
Awarded to Greg Evanylo, Virginia Tech, VA

The H. Clark Gregory Award to Promote Grassroots Efforts in Composting
Awarded to Perry Plumart, US House of Representatives, “Green the Capitol”, Washington, DC

USCC Clean Water Award Sponsored By Filtrexx
Awarded to Neil Weinstein, The Low Impact Development Center, Inc., MD

These winners have given generously of their time and talent to further the compost industry and to protect the environment for future generations. Please join the USCC in thanking them for their efforts.