Casella employee receives recognition from NWRA

Casella Waste Systems Inc. Senior Vice President and General Counsel Shelley Sayward has been named National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) Services Member of the Year as part of its 2022 Industry Leadership Awards.

Casella, headquartered in Rutland, Vermont, is a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company.

“Our member companies and their employees are the strength of NWRA,” NWRA President and CEO Darrell Smith says in a news release announcing the award winners. “Without these individuals’ leadership and contributions, NWRA would not be the leading association in the waste industry. I congratulate them on their achievements.”

Sayward was honored for playing an integral role in helping to shape much of the policy discussion on key industry issues throughout the Northeast. As a senior leader at Casella, her first term as the vice chair of the Arlington, Virginia-based association’s Government Affairs Committee has provided significant insight and influence in advancing positive recycling and waste disposal infrastructure policy outcomes in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont, according to a news release issued by Casella about Sayward’s accomplishments. The company adds that her accomplishments have been felt throughout the association and beyond as she provides a unifying voice across several issues while advancing critical environmental health and safety infrastructure in the communities Casella serves.

“We’re proud of the work that Shelley has done and continues to do on behalf of our organization and the industry as a whole,” Casella Chairman and CEO John W. Casella says. “She is a highly respected, hardworking and trusted member of our senior leadership team, and her ability to help bring the northeastern region of the NWRA together in a more strategic manner will benefit the entire industry for years to come.”

The company says Sayward is committed to understanding all facets of the company, graduating from Casella’s commercial driver’s license school in December 2021, becoming one of the more than 90 graduates of the program since it was established in November 2020.

Sayward will be celebrated alongside the other honorees at the NWRA’s Executive Leadership Roundtable event in October.

More information on all those honored is available here.