The STAR mission is to develop and promote partnerships, education, and advocacy with the vision of a cleaner, greener, and more economically sustainable Texas.
These awards recognize stewards of environmental change in Texas – individuals, communities, organizations, and businesses developing and maintaining programs involving recycling, composting, sustainable materials management, public education and outreach, special event recycling – and so much more.
Join us in Austin, TX on October 22nd as we honor the programs and impacts that move STAR’s mission forward in meaningful ways.
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Explore the awards and nominate your favorite Texan below…
ALL-STAR ELECTED OFFICIAL
STAR will recognize an elected official who is leading nobly in their community or region to support the STAR mission to advance recycling through partnerships, education, and advocacy for the benefit of Texas.
This elected official is committed to recycling and sustainability issues within their community, region, or statewide. The All-STAR elected official commits their time and energy to something they are passionate about, and they stand as a leader and steward for the Texas environment.
CIS MYERS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Cis Myers worked to bring recyclers and recycling organizations together, as the united STAR organization, to have a greater impact on growing recycling rates in Texas. She continues to promote and defend sustainability efforts across the State. Sustainability is generally defined as meeting the needs of today’s generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet those same needs. To be truly sustainable, a program’s environmental, economic, and social impacts must be addressed.
This award recognizes an innovative individual, organization, or company that shows leadership in sustainable operations and programs strongly supported by the bottom line – people, planet, profit.
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARD
This award recognizes comprehensive recycling and environmental education programs that provide innovative learning experiences within a program that is measurable and sustainable. All Texas schools, colleges or universities, educators, or organizations providing environmental education and recycling programs are eligible to apply for this award.
EXCEPTIONAL RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP
This award recognizes comprehensive recycling and environmental education programs that provide innovative learning experiences within a program that is measurable and sustainable. All Texas schools, colleges or universities, educators, or organizations providing environmental education and recycling programs are eligible to apply for this award.
EXTRAORDINARY RECYCLING SPECIAL EVENT AWARD
This award recognizes an innovative event held limited times each year and is either focused on recycling or has a unique way of including recycling in another event that is not necessarily environmentally focused (for instance, a zero-waste component).
HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
STAR will recognize volunteers who are serving selflessly in their community to support the STAR mission to advance recycling through partnerships, education, and advocacy for the benefit of Texas.
Instead of awarding only one individual per year, we will recognize multiple volunteers – each committed to recycling and sustainability issues within their community or organization in Texas. Volunteers commit personal time and energy to something they are passionate about, and they stand together as stewards for environmental change in Texas.
INNOVATIVE ORGANICS AWARD
This award recognizes any nonprofit organization, government agency, university, school, or private company project promoting or increasing landfill diversion through organics separation and collection, reduction, and composting. The organics project should provide innovative learning experiences within a program that is measurable and sustainable.
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