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2012 Oklahoma Recycling School – Owasso Green Team

For 3 years, the Owasso 7th Grade Center

has worked at being more environmentally

minded. With co-leadership from Jill Henrie,

Kelly Flint and Neil Richards of the

GreenTeam, the students worked tirelessly to

make recycling successful in their school by

planning meetings and volunteering to make

the recycling collection process more

efficient. First they started a program where

they personally delivered the items to the

Owasso Recycling Center, but now they use

a company that comes to them. They

teamed up with their custodian to do school

improvements such as planting trees,

flowers, installing benches and many more

projects to make their school more energy

efficient and beautiful.

2012 Oklahoma Recycling Non-Profit – Pride in McAlester

Established in April 2008, Pride In McAlester

was organized as a 501(c)3

non-profit organization with a mission to

make McAlester a cleaner, safer, more

beautiful place to live and work. Pride In

McAlester does many things for the

community such as a Painting Program,

which works with volunteers to maintain

public spaces, restoring the OKLA theater in

Downtown McAlester and also recognizing

individuals and businesses that take action

to clean up their communities. Pride in

McAlester even offers complimentary

cardboard pick up for new residents of

McAlester or citizens that have recently

moved. This cardboard is then taken to the

McAlester Recycling Center to be recycled.

Justin Few,President of the

Board of Trustees

Stephanie Giacomo, Executive Director

Pride in McAlester

2012 Oklahoma Recycling Educator – Ruth Askew Brelsford

Ruth Askew Brelsford is the Speech/Theatre

Department Chair at Eastern Oklahoma State

College where she also directs the Honors

Program. With the support of the

administration, Ruth and the Honors students

made recycling on campus their goal. Eastern

now has recycling bins in all buildings and a

trailer for recyclables that can be utilized by

local citizens, as well as students, staff, and

faculty. The Honors Program partnered with

other campus organizations and clubs to hold

the first annual Recycling Carnival on Earth Day

last year where all refreshments were

purchased for the price of a recyclable.

Honors students continue to partner with the Eastern Student Government Association to

campaign against the use of Styrofoam in the school cafeteria. Ruth is also coordinating an

on-going campaign on campus to continue to educate students about recycling.

Ruth Askew Brelsford with Honor Students

2012 Oklahoma Recycling Event – Route 66 Marathon

The Williams Route 66 Marathon is leading the

way for other racing events. It is a zero waste

event and serves as a founding member of the

Sports Events Community of Practice at the

request of the Council for Responsible Sport. This

committee evaluates ways sporting events can

reduce their carbon footprint.

In November 2011, the marathon board applied

for certification credits in categories such as

waste management, community impact and

health promotion. The Williams Route 66 Marathon

received ReSport Certification from the Council for

Responsible Sport. To qualify for certification, the

marathon showed participation in six categories:

waste; climate; equipment and materials;

community and outreach; health promotion; and

innovation.

Route 66 Marathon

Jessica Hargis,Director of Sustainability

2012 Oklahoma Recycling Business – Spirit AeroSystems

Under the direction of Pamala Zora, Spirit AeroSystems has implemented many

programs around its facility to qualify them for the Green Business Award. Since 2009, Spirit

AeroSystems has processed over 3300 tons to the Covanta facility. They have collected over

340 tons of cardboard to National Waste since 2011. Spirit AeroSystems also has many smaller

programs in operation. They collect solvent rags that are sent out to be processed. The

company they work with extracts the chemicals and Spirit then reuses the rags. They send oil

and petroleum fuels to Systech where they’re processed for fossil fuel replacement. Spirit

AreoSystems collects metal roll off containers that are taken to local recyclers in Tulsa. They

also have compactors all around their facility for cardboard recycling.

2012 Oklahoma Recycling Government – TARE

After more than four years of extensive research and

planning, the Tulsa Authority of Energy (T.A.R.E.) and the

City of Tulsa recently implemented a new cart-based,

pay-as-you-throw residential refuse and recycling program.

With recycling being a central program feature, this new

collection service provides Tulsans with more convenient,

efficient and sustainable methods to dispose of trash,

recycling and green waste. Under this new system, more

than 85% of a household’s refuse can be recycled. As part

of this new service, approximately 111,000 of the city’s

more than 116,000 residential customers opted to

participate in recycling and accept a 96-gallon recycling

cart. This recycling participation will have a significant

impact on the volume of recyclables collected and it is

anticipated that as a result, new jobs and market

opportunities will be created.

2012 Oklahoma Recycler of the Year – Kenneth Burkett

Kenny Burkett is a remarkable visionary of waste recycling. His companies include American

Waste Control, which is the largest commercial collection company in Tulsa, Tulsa Recycle and

Transfer, which is home to the brand new recycling facility called Mr. Murph, and American

Environmental Landfill (AEL), which has been recognized as the best managed landfill in the

state.

Kenny is probably best known in Tulsa for his company’s recent Mr. Murph initiatives to help

reduce the city’s waste through recycling and saving resources. American Waste Control and

TRT officially launched their Material Recovery Facility (Mr. Murph) in March 2011 with the

expectation of increasing Tulsa’s recycling rates and reducing area landfills. Today, the facility is

enabling Tulsa to recycle more products than ever before, including plastics, aluminum,

cardboard, glass and paper, due to Mr. Murph’s advanced recycling automation.

Recycling rates in Tulsa have skyrocketed because of Kenny’s leadership and caring approach to

our environment. He also initiated an innovative approach at his disposal site, American

Environmental Landfill, for using non-recyclable trash residue to produce renewable energy and

provide over 4,000 homes in Sand Springs with power.

2012 Oklahoma Recycler of the Year – Kenneth Burkett

Kenny recently received an award from

the National Solid Waste Management

Association for his professional impact in

the area of waste management, plus, his

innovative efforts for implementing “Mr.

Murph” recycling programs throughout

Tulsa. With over 50 years of experience

in the waste industry, Kenny is a

pioneering, dynamic leader, dedicated

to recycling for not only Tulsa, but all of

Green Country.

Thank You!