Richard I. Stessel Waste Management Award

 The Richard I. Stessel Waste Management Award, established by the Board of Directors on June 29, 1989 and named for Stessel in 2012, is for an individual or organization related to the field of waste management, and can be conferred for:

• Outstanding achievements in the science and art of waste management. The accomplishment on the part of the recipient is technological in nature and widely recognized by persons in the field; OR
• Outstanding achievement in the management, prevention and regulation of wastes. The recipient may be an employee in government, industry, education or research, whose accomplishments have led to minimizing the impact of waste in the environment; OR
• Distinguished achievement as an educator in the field of waste management.

Richard I. Stessel (1956–2001) was a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida and an avid A&WMA enthusiast. He influenced A&WMA’s Technical Council to include greener, energy-efficient, and integrated engineering solutions in solid and hazardous waste management, using materials science and engineering together with industrial ecology, environmental, and subsurface engineering, along with geological science in innovative solid and hazardous waste management.  The Richard I. Stessel Award may be awarded to members and nonmembers of the Association, or to an agency.
 

Year	Award Recipient(s)
2024	Chih C. Chao
2022	Harold D. Register, Jr.
2021	Lee Lundberg; Timothy Townsend
2019	Stephen B. Smith
2018	Morton A. Barlaz
2017	ExxonMobil Baton Rouge
2015	R. Ryan Dupont; Samuel A. Vigil
2014	Michele Gehring
2013	Tonni Kurniawan
2012	Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
2011	Robert J. (Jerry) Murphy *
2010	City of Edmonton, Waste Management Branch
2009	Global Manufacturing Alliance LLC (GEMA)
2007	Anheuser-Busch - Baldwinsville,  NY
2006	3M Company
2005	John R. Quarles
2004	Target Corporation
2003	Anthony Licata
2002	Ralph H. Kummler *
1998	John Cherry
1997	Richard L. Sloan
1996	Carolyn Konheim
1995	R. Nichols Hazelwood *
1994	E. Timothy Oppelt
1992	Thomas R. Hauser
1991	Walter C. Barber