News from Upstate

David Nettle from the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA), second from left, presents OCRRA’s Blue Ribbon Recycler Award to Paul Seale, chief operating officer of Upstate University Hospital in recognition of Upstate’s recycling efforts. Participating in the presentation, from left, are Susan Campanaro Murphy, director of environmental services; Jason Rupert, operational supervisor of environmental services; and Rob Andrus, director of environmental health and safety. Upstate now recycles 4,000 pounds of stuff a month, up from 1,125 pounds monthly in 2010.