Each year the Recycling Council of B.C. recognizes the valuable contribution that individuals and organizations make towards the preservation and protection of British Columbia's environment. 
Nomination Categories
Private Sector Achievement
​Organizations or employees who have demonstrated excellence in environmental stewardship or protection.

Public Sector Achievement
Government demonstrating excellence and leadership in environmental leadership.

Non-Profit Achievement​
Organizations providing services beyond expectations in environmental stewardship or protection.
​Youth Achievement
​​Individuals under the age of 25 who have made extraordinary contributions to environmental issues.
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Educator
Outstanding achievements by organizations or individuals working in the field of public education.

​Innovation
​​Organizations or individuals who have demonstrated innovative practices in the field of environmental sustainability, recycling, and/or waste reduction.​

Past MOBI Awards Winners 

​Congratulations to all our 2020 RCBC Environmental Awards winners! Here's a brief on about their amazing accomplishments!

  • Private Sector: Organizations or their employees with outstanding initiatives to preserve and protect our environment. 
  • 2020 Recipient: Green Chair Recycling

Green Chair Recycling is a social enterprise working to make events Zero Waste through their recycling and educational services. Through their involvement with a wide range of events, Green Chair has had the opportunity to advocate for best practices like the use of widely compostable paper or wood food containers. A staple at events like the Vancouver Sun Run, Car-Free Days, and many Canada Day events, they have been able to achieve a diversion rate in excess of 80% at their recycling stations, each of which is staffed by a team member providing event attendees with education and guidance. Always looking for ways to grow and increase their impact, Green Chair Recycling began to put greater focus on environmental consulting in 2019, working with BC Place and UBC. 

Factoid: Green Chair Recycling’s event stations achieve a diversion rate exceeding 80%!
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  • Innovation Award: Individual or company that achieves an outstanding technical accomplishment in design or development of a product or process that improves its sustainability or advances zero waste practices.
  • 2020 Recipient: YVR and Intuitive AI

YVR and Intuitive AI partnered to launch Oscar in February 2019, a “smart” waste sorting bin that uses artificial intelligence technology to provide waste sorting education. With 3 locations around the airport, Oscar is continuously learning what people are throwing out and where those items should go - and can be easily updated to reflect changes in recycling practices. Through the use of engaging graphics and sounds, Oscar encourages users to spend more time at the bins and to learn where their waste belongs. With its location in Canada’s second largest airport (more than 26 million passengers passed through YVR in 2019 alone) Oscar has the potential to reach and educate users from all over the world.

Factoid: Diversion at YVR airport’s Oscar bins has increased from 36 to 82%! 
The Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society has been providing conservation education in the city of Williams Lake and the Cariboo Regional District since its inception in 1996. The society operates four education programs: Waste Wise, Water Wise, Watershed Health, and Sustainable Life. Their dedicated staff and volunteers provide educational programming to local classrooms, at community events, and through programs like Bikes for All, Skates for All, and Clothing Swaps. Reaching more than 50,000 residents annually, their programs have led to a 26% reduction in water use in Williams Lake, reduction in contamination at local recycle depots, and decreased landfilling costs for the City.

Factoid: Since the inception of the Water Wise program, water use in Williams Lake has dropped 26%!

  • Youth Achievement Award: Youth who demonstrates outstanding commitment and leadership in environmental stewardship. 
  • 2020 Recipient: Azzam Haq
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Azzam Haq is a Burnaby South Secondary School student who has led the Burnaby Youth Sustainability Network, the Burnaby South Green Team, and participated in programs like the Metro Vancouver Sustainability Toolkit field camp, The National Dialogue on Water, the Do It Green Conference, and the JA Youth Success Summit. Azzam has been active in bringing environmental initiatives into local schools, including programs to recycle stationary and refundable beverage containers, as well as banning plastic cutlery and straws in his school cafeteria. 
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Factoid: Azzam participated in The National Dialogue on Water with students from across Canada, focusing on the issue of microplastics in Canadian waterways. 
We thank all those who submitted their organizations for consideration. We congratulate all the recipients and nominees for their contributions to environmental stewardship in British Columbia.
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Lifetime Achievement: Ginette Vanasse, Health Products Stewardship Association
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After leading the Health Product Stewardship Association (HPSA) for more than 15 years, Ginette Vanasse will be retiring this summer. The HPSA Board is extremely proud of her many successes that have grown the association from its inception (under the direction of our three founding members RxA, CGPA and CHP Canada) to an association that represents more than 148 industry members. The HPSA has become a known entity in the stewardship industry such that international agencies are seeking insight from Ginette and the team she has assembled.
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​Lifetime Achievement: Kris Ord, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
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Kris Ord has been the Executive Director of the Environmental Standards Branch in the Environmental Protection Division of the BC Ministry of Environment for the last six years and has worked for the provincial government since 1990.  She has undertaken major legislative renewal projects, developed and amended regulations, implemented province-wide programs and provided leadership to a team of over fifty people covering a wide spectrum of topics ranging from sea lice and PM2.5 to circular economy and EPR. The Province’s Plastics Action Plan consultation paper released last summer was a recent initiative that Kris is proud of her team for getting over the finish line.