Best Blue Bin on the Block Contest

OCRRA likes to recycle, so we resurrected this much loved contest as a way to thank great recyclers and to commemorate 20 years of recycling in Onondaga County. Check out the contest winners below.

CONTEST DETAILS: 

• Duration: From August 1 to November 30, 2010 OCRRA traveled the county in search of stellar households blue bins.
• Prizes: Each month, (August, September, October, and November), 25 winners were selected and awarded a $10 gift card to Byrne Dairy. Thanks to Byrne Dairy for generously donating all 100 of these gift cards.
  
  In December, five runners-up and two grand prize winners were randomly selected from all of the stellar blue bins observed.

The first runner-up received a gift certificate for "Dinner for Two" at Rachel's at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel ($75 value); the second runner up received 4 tickets to a Syracuse Crunch Hockey game ($68 value - valid at any home game during the 2010-2011 season); the third runner up received a “Sunday Brunch for Two” certificate from the Regatta Bar & Grill at the Doubletree Hotel in East Syracuse; the fourth and fifth runners-up each received a $50 gift certificate to Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse in Liverpool.

The two grand prize winners each received an eco-friendly, SONY VAIO Notebook (Model #: VPCW212AX/WI, valued at $500).

The SONY VAIO Notebook boasts the following green features:

• Made of recycled CDs (23%);
• Carrying case is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles;
• Energy Star Qualified;
• Ranked ‘Gold Level’ on the EPA’s electronic rating system (EPEAT)
• SONY also has a take-back program with a local outlet, for when you want to recycle the VAIO at the end of its lifespan! (NewTech Recycling, 110 Hiawatha Place, Syracuse)
  

RockTenn, a local cardboard recycling company, generously purchased both of the grand prize computers, and Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse provided the gift certificates to their restaurant.

Robert Carpenter, Fiber Procurement Manager at RockTenn, stated: “We applaud our community’s outstanding commitment to recycling, and are pleased to support the 20th Anniversary of OCRRA’s recycling program and the Best Blue Bin on the Block Contest.  RockTenn’s recycling facility in Solvay, and its team of 250 people, recycles approximately 800,000 tons of corrugated cardboard and paper every year to produce paper that will be used to produce corrugated boxes, and it all happens right here in Onondaga County. The process hinges upon strong community and individual recycling practices at school, at home and at work. ”

Contact OCRRA if you have any questions about what can and cannot go in your blue bin. Happy recycling!

WINNERS

Grand Prize Winners:

• Patrick Salisbury, Mattydale (Laptop)
• Shiela Liegel, Syracuse - (Laptop)
  
  

Runners-Up:

• Helen and Bob Brewster, Liverpool (Ichiban gift card)
• Brian and Julie Calhoun-Bryant, Marcellus (Ichiban gift card)
• Joe Denzak, Syracuse (four Syracuse Crunch hockey tickets)
• Patricia Housler, Fayetteville (“Sunday Brunch for Two”; Regatta Bar and Grille at the Doubletree Hotel in East Syracuse)
• Lawrence Riley, East Syracuse - (Rachel's Gift Card; Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel)
  

Monthly Winners:

August

Thomas Adams Sr., Syracuse
Edmund Alexander, Solvay
Josephine Augello, Syracuse
Miro Budimir, Camillus
Susan Burko, Cicero
Shirley Decoursey, East Syracuse
Christy Fuller, Jamesville
Kitty Galloway, Syracuse
Russell Gedney, Syracuse
Mary Hadden, Solvay
Patricia Iacuone, Solvay
Janice Karpinski, Syracuse
Gary Kent, Marcellus
Patti Keser, Baldwinsville
Emily Maccone, Liverpool
John E. O'Hara, Syracuse
Rex Parton, Cicero
Ruth Petrie, North Syracuse
Thomas Popp, Syracuse
Royce W. Root, Fayetteville
George H. Schaefer, Syracuse
Ruth Wallace, Syracuse
Ann Zawacki, Syracuse
Susan Zimmerman, Tully
Kim and Greg Zook, Syracuse

September

Leroy Baker, North Syracuse
Judy Blair, North Syracuse
James Burton, Syracuse
Michael Casler, Syracuse
Louis Cavalluzzi, Jamesville
Bryan Cunningham, Clay
Toni Darcy, Syracuse
Israel Davila, Liverpool
Gary DeWaters, Syracuse
Edward Gardner, Marcellus
Darwin Gensel, Syracuse
John Gleason, Camillus
Bill Kirchoff, Jamesville
Karen Kostyszyn, Syracuse
Sheila Liegel, Syracuse
Elizabeth Machan, Syracuse
Genevieve Pacer, North Syracuse
Giuliana Santaferra, Syracuse
Joe Scruggs, Syracuse
Oscar Shaw, Syracuse
Charles and Beverly Simek, Fayetteville
Eric and Kimberly Sopchak, Liverpool
Carol Spooner, Syracuse
Michele Tortora, Brewerton
Michael Woodworth, Clay

 

October

Betty Aiello, Syracuse
Julie Anderson, Camillus
Alfred Bartlett, Camillus
Jo Ann Brathwaite, Syracuse
Misael Calderon, Lafayette
Jennifer and Robert Carey, Liverpool
Karen Chapman, Liverpool
Mark Contos, Syracuse
Jill Crast, East Syracuse
Denise Cummings, East Syracuse
William Gaca, Syracuse
Mary Martha Hanlon, Syracuse
Susan Heelon, Liverpool
Lakeisha Hewitt, Syracuse
Kathryn Hill, Camillus
Karen Hooker, Syracuse

Sharon Howard, Baldwinsville
Mary Irons, Syracuse
John Kresse, Liverpool
Joan Mapstone, Minoa
Pete and Karen Shepardson, Fayetteville
Ellen Skiff, Solvay
Jane Ward, Syracuse
Robert Weiner, Lafayette
Duane and Susan Woodall, Baldwinsville