A facility has produced 335 tons of finished compost in two years of operation. The high quality material is used as a soil amendment or top dressing on campus. Last year the university won a Waste Watcher Award for its tailgate recycling at home football games. Their outreach program is filled with innovative ideas that the county communicates to residents, school children and commercial audiences. East Bradford Township and Browning Ferris Industries received a Curbside Program Award.
Recycling is front and center in every issue of the township's quarterly newsletter.
East Bradford and BFI have teamed up to collect, or have drop-off containers available for 15 recyclable items. This is BFI's second Waste Watcher Award. Lackawanna Junior College received an Institutional Award for a strong recycling program that began in 1996 when it moved to downtown Scranton where recycling is mandated by law. Olyphant Borough received a Curbside Award for its 1998 implementation of a curbside collection program. This is their second award.