{"id":75017,"date":"2016-11-09T02:38:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T07:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75017"},"modified":"2016-11-08T23:33:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T04:33:10","slug":"75017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75017","title":{"rendered":"Driscoll recognized for lifetime of environmental work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharon Driscoll, Media Director\/Recycling Coordinator at the Madison County Dept. of Solid Waste receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Jim Gilbert, President of the New York State Association for Recycling Nov. 4, 2016, in Cooperstown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sharon A. Driscoll of the Madison County Dept. of Solid Waste received the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for Recycling Leadership in New York State\u00a0Nov. 4, 2016.\u00a0Awarded by the New York State Association of Reduce, Reuse and Recycling, the 2016 Lifetime\u00a0Achievement Award acknowledges the 25 years Driscoll spent tackling countless recycling initiatives and\u00a0making significant contributions statewide.<\/p>\n

Driscoll\u2019s name is synonymous with all things recycling in Madison County. She advocated for\u00a0recycling stations at state Thruway stops and developed a household hazardous waste disposal\u00a0program, which has been used as a model for other municipalities. In 2004, she advocated for a ban on<\/p>\n

disposal of E-Waste in the landfill which was implemented long before the statewide ban went into\u00a0effect. She was also instrumental in establishing the biannual safe pill and medication collection in Madison County.<\/p>\n

Sharon\u2019s most extraordinary contribution is the development of the Reuse Store at the Madison County\u00a0landfill. When County officials were unwilling to sponsor the store due to liability concerns, Sharon was\u00a0undaunted. She simply developed a public\/non-profit partnership with the Rescue Mission to manage\u00a0the store.<\/p>\n

Through her efforts, Madison County landfill staff worked together to transform a three-bay garage into an attractive retail venue allowing; purchase of inexpensive household items, increased waste diversion and a new revenue stream for the Rescue Mission. Opened in July 2012, the ReUse Store is the first of its kind to be located at a municipal landfill in New York state.<\/p>\n

The win-win result: increased waste diversion and a new revenue stream for the Rescue Mission. Since its inception in 2012, the ReUse Store has reclaimed 41.58 tons of usable items and taken in almost $55,000 in revenue. Although the ReUse Store focuses on household items, the partnership also allows\u00a0residents to donate textiles.<\/p>\n

Also due to Sharon\u2019s innovative household hazardous waste program, residents of Madison County are able to dispose of toxic waste through a weekly schedule rather that at one or two collection\u00a0days annually. This method saves revenue for the County and the DEC since charges are per individual\u00a0rather than the large fees charged per disposal event.<\/p>\n

For all of this, as well as her commitment to ongoing public education and outreach on behalf of Madison County she was presented with the 2016 Recycling Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award during the 27th annual NYSAR Conference in Cooperstown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sharon A. Driscoll of the Madison County Dept. of Solid Waste received the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for Recycling Leadership in New York State\u00a0Nov. 4, 2016.\u00a0Awarded by the New York State Association of Reduce, Reuse and Recycling, the 2016 Lifetime\u00a0Achievement Award acknowledges the 25 years Driscoll spent tackling countless recycling initiatives and\u00a0making significant contributions statewide. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s43meu-75017","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/11-07-16-SHARON-PICTURE.jpg?fit=4712%2C3542&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}