New Brunswick’s recently retired Recycling Clean Communities Coordinator, Donna Caputo, was honored by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) with the first ever Curbside Recycling Coordinator of the Year Award for 2020. Caputo’s illustrious 26-year career includes her service on the Association on NJ Recyclers (ANJR) Board of Directors since 2008. Other career highlights include the NJDEP Recycling Award for Municipal Coordinator in 1999 and the ANJR REX (Recycling Excellence) award in 2017.
“It is fitting that Donna is the recipient of the MCIA’s first ever Curbside Recycling Coordinator of the Year Award. Even before climate change became the crisis it is today, Donna understood the importance of recycling and the difference it could make for our planet,” said Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios. “With her trademark energy and enthusiasm, Donna led the charge to educate the residents of New Brunswick regarding recycling and worked hard to involve the community in the cause. Her commitment and contributions will be greatly missed. On behalf of the Board of Chosen Freeholders, I congratulate Donna on this well-deserved honor.”