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ICM -
IERC honorary award winners since 2007
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Steve Skurnac Global President of Sims Recycling Solutions, USA Steve receives this award for his achievements, support and dedication to the E-recycling industry. With a career spanning more than a quarter of a century, working in markets around the globe Steve has become a figurehead of an industry which historically managed waste but is now known as resource recovery or urban mining. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2016 |
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Ron Garan Impact CoLab, Retired NASA Astronaut, USA Ron receives this award in recognition of his humanitarian spirit and work to improve our planet fostering collaborative efforts across global humanitarian organisations. He lived and worked in space for 178 days and has a unique perspective of our impact on the earth from space. He believes that appropriately designed and targeted social enterprise can solve many of the problems facing our world. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2015 |
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Dr Bertrand Piccard Psychiatrist, Balloonist and Explorer Initiator and Chairman of Solar Impulse Project, Switzerland Bertrand receives this award in recognition of his pioneering spirit to go beyond todays human and technical limits to fly around the world without fuel and without pollution. His remarkable commitments to save energy, to demonstrate the importance of clean technologies, to place dreams and emotions create great impact also to the young generation. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2014 |
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Jim Puckett Basel Action Network, USA Jim receives this award in recognition of his pioneering and breathless work to prevent the globalization of toxic wastes. The Steering Committee of IERC also honours his dedication to contribute comprehensive strategies for proper treatment of e-waste across the globe. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2013 |
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Dr Mike Biddle Founder of MBA Polymers, Inc., USA Today, MBA recycles 1 million pounds of plastics waste a day! Mike receives this award in recognition of his powerful spirit and lifetime work to develop a genius, very low energy consuming process to recycle plastics waste in order to drive industry and society towards a better, cleaner and fair world. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2012 |
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Manfred Beck Recycling International, Netherlands Manfred receives this award in recognition of his lifetime work and editorial skills in promoting sustainability, inspiring entrepreneurs to invest in environmental technologies and businesses, in order to drive industry and society towards a better and cleaner world. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2011 |
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Karl-Heinz Florenz The Father of the WEEE Directive, European Parliament Karl-Heinz receives this award in recognition of his outstanding commitment, leadership and fighting for a sustainable world, which resulted in the creation of the most important regulation regarding Electronics Waste Recycling on the European continent. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2010 |
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Dr Marco Buletti Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland Marco receives this award in recognition of his outstanding commitment and leadership which resulted in the creation of the Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI). International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2009 |
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Prof. Dr. Ir. Ab Stevels Philips Consumer Electronics, Netherlands Ab receives this award in recognition of his outstanding commitment to preserving our environment by developing and promoting efficient recycling technologies. International Steering Committee IERC Salzburg, January 2008 |
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Prof. Theo Lehner Boliden Mineral AB, Sweden Theo receives this award in recognition of his outstanding commitment to preserve our environment by developing and promoting efficient recycling technologies. International Steering Committee IERC Hamburg, January 2007 |
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