is among 11 organizations, businesses and individuals that will be honored as Recyclers of the Year next month by the Washington State Recycling Association.
The honorees will be recognized at a May 1 awards banquet in Spokane.
Here is what the association said about Microsoft in its news release:
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Microsoft has created a pervasive culture of sustainability with multi-faceted encouragement of employee, custodial, and vendor education and involvement. Extensive efforts like carpet recycling, compostable food service ware, a Sustainability Champion Program, and labeling trash cans “landfill” resulted in diverting 80 percent of Microsoft’s waste from landfill disposal in 2011.
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