Amanda was recognized for her leadership in improving recycling efforts during the renovation of NOAA’s Silver Spring Metro Campus. In coordination with the Montgomery County Business Recycling program, she facilitated a virtual seminar highlighting the appropriate recycling guidelines to follow when packing up office space for renovations. Amanda also developed a pilot program for staff within the Office of Response and Restoration to donate office supplies of nominal value to avoid them ending up in a landfill. Amanda has documented the successful pilot program so that additional offices can adopt these best practices as well.

The NOS Zero Waste Team, OR&R Restack Team, OR&R leadership, and participating staff provided invaluable support for these efforts.

Ensuring NOS staff have the knowledge and infrastructure needed to appropriately recycle items in the workplace is one of many steps the NOS Zero Waste team is continuing to address. Additional actions to expand these efforts outside of Silver Spring to regional offices are in progress now.