Solid Waste

2022 Top 100 Leader in Sustainability

  • Awarded by: Call2Recycle
  • Description: Call2Recycle is a not-for-profit, product stewardship organization focused on the reduction of hazardous waste in compliance with state and national regulations. Snohomish County’s efforts helped the Call2Recycle program collect nearly 8 million pounds of consumer batteries in the United States. Solid Waste diverted more than 32,000 pounds of batteries from area landfills in 2022. 
  • Recipient: Snohomish County Public Works Solid Waste

2022 Recycler of the Year Award for Youth Education

  • Awarded by: Washington State Recycling Association
  • Description: This award honors Snohomish County’s work with Waste Management (WM) to educate and engage students around recycling and environmental citizenship. WM educators have provided in-classroom workshops in the county for more than 10 years. When COVID forced schools to close abruptly, WM and the county moved quickly transition to interactive virtual outreach. In 2021, WM educators engaged Snohomish County students in 175 workshops in grades 2 to 11. The virtual workshops supplemented existing curricula related to environmental science.
  • Recipient: Snohomish County and Waste Management

2020 Top Leader in Sustainability 

  • Awarded by: Call2Recycle
  • Description: One of the nation’s premier battery recycling programs, Call2Recycle, has selected Snohomish County Public Works Solid Waste as a recipient of its Top Leader in Sustainability Award. The award recognizes the 100 top performing organizations and businesses that demonstrate a notable commitment to battery collection and recycling. Snohomish County recycled 165,164 pounds of batteries on 2020.
  • Recipient: Snohomish County Public Works Solid Waste

2020 Hermes Creative Awards - Gold Winner
(Print Media, Design, Publication Overall)


  • Awarded by: The Hermes Creative Awards
  • Description: Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement Brochure
  • Recipient: Rebecca Lindahl, Graphic Designer
Interlocal Agreement Brochure

2016 Leader in Sustainability Award

  • Awarded by: Call2Recycle
  • Description: One of the nation’s premier battery recycling programs, Call2Recycle, has selected Snohomish County Public Works Solid Waste as a recipient of its 2016 Leader in Sustainability Award. The award recognizes the 100 top performing Call2Recycle collection sites in their commitment to environmental preservation through battery recycling.
  • Recipient: Snohomish County Public Works Solid Waste

2015 WSACE Program/Project Manager of the Year Award

  • Awarded by: Washington State Association of County Engineers (WSACE)
  • Description: Solid Waste Division Director Matt Zybas, was nominated by county colleagues and recognized by WSACE for his outstanding leadership and service in the emergency response and debris removal following the SR 530 landslide. Within the first week after the SR 530 landslide, Matt worked with a group of 30 people consisting of federal, state, and local agencies through a strategy discussion on how to begin cleanup and recovery efforts. Snohomish County, with Matt’s leadership, the help of construction, archaeology and spotting, and monitoring and inspection contractors, successfully completed the project early and under budget.
  • Recipient: Matt Zybas, Solid Waste Division Director

2008 Built Green Pioneer Award

  • Awarded by: Built Green-Master Builders of King and Snohomish County
  • Description: In recognition of her efforts in developing and maintaining the Built Green Program, helping create the Sustainable Development Task Force and helping to bring the Built Green conference to Everett.
  • Recipient: Deanna Carveth, Project Manager

2007 American In-house Design Award

  • Awarded by: Graphic Design USA
  • Description: Solid Waste Conservation Guides for Restaurants Materials
  • Recipient: Deb Harvey, Graphic Designer
Matt Zybas
Deanna Carveth
Restaurant Conservation Guides