Trash Cutter Awards

Winners

The Trash Cutters award program was the result of a partnership effort between the Board and its Local Government Technical Advisory Committee (LGTAC) to recognize the wide range of successful waste reduction and recycling programs that have been implemented since 1990. In selecting the winners, the Board and LGTAC sought to recognize programs that among other factors were cost-effective in terms of the cost for the amount of waste recycled; amount of residents participating; innovations in ideas or technologies; and usefulness to other jurisdictions evaluating whether similar programs would work for them. (See criteria.)

There are several award categories, some of which change from year to year. Case studies of the winning programs are available below, listed by category (see category descriptions), or may be accessed from pages listing the winners for each year.

All Winners by Category | 2001 Winners | 2000 Winners | 1999 Winners | 1998 Winners

Construction and Demolition Debris Management

• 2000: City of Santa Fe Springs
• 1999: City of Watsonville
• 1998: City of Los Angeles Solid Waste Management Office

Creative Partnerships

• 2001: Central Contra County Solid Waste Authority
• 2000: City of Vacaville
• 1999: Santa Cruz County
• 1998: City of Carson

Innovation

• 2001: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
• 2000: Los Angeles County
• 1999: Los Angeles County
• 1998: City and County of San Francisco

Organics Management

• 2001: San Francisco Department of the Environment
• 2000: City of San Diego
• 1999: City of Berkeley
• 1998: City of Palo Alto

Procurement

• 2000: Los Angeles County
• 1999: City of Pittsburg
• 1998: City of Los Angeles Facilities Recycling Program

Public Information

• 2001: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
• 2000: City of Vacaville
• 1999: Santa Cruz County
• 1998: City of Burbank

Recycling

• 2001: City of San Jose Environmental Department
• 2000: City of Millbrae
• 1999: Lake County
• 1998: City of El Cerrito

Regional Waste Reduction

• 2001: Marin County Hazardous and Solid Waste JPA
• 2000: Ventura County
• 1999: Monterey Regional Waste Management District
• 1998: Sonoma County Waste Management Agency

Rural Waste Reduction

• 2000: San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority
• 1998: City of Eureka

Schools

• 2001: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
• 2000: City of San Diego
• 1999: Santa Cruz County

Urban Waste Reduction

• 2001: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
• 2000: Los Angeles County
• 1999: City of El Monte
• 1998: Los Angeles County

Waste Prevention

• 2001: Stanislaus County
• 2000: Los Angeles County
• 1999: City of Sunnyvale
• 1998: Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority