The Waste Conversion and Energy Recovery Facility Excellence Award

Jean Lucas, Amy Bannister and Paul Stauder of H-POWER Honolulu

The Waste Conversion and Energy Recovery (WCER) Facility Excellence Award recognizes excellence in projects that produce renewable energy from solid waste, whether through direct combustion or other methods. This award is presented at RCon.

View award submission criteria.

The 2025 SWANA Award nomination period is now closed.

Thank you to all who applied, and to our review committees. Winners will be notified in mid-September.

Award winners will be celebrated at RCon™, the premier conference hosted by SWANA from November 12 – 15, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio.

Past Waste Conversion & Energy Recovery Facility Excellence Award Winners

2015

Pasco County, Florida waste-to-energy facility

Pasco County, FL

2014

SCE Energy

H-POWER (Honolulu Program of Waste & Energy Recovery