• Increasing knowledge about the environment and environmental issues
• Growing awareness of and sensitivity to the environment that leads to a change in behaviors
• Changing attitudes that lead to empathy and belief in personal responsibility for the environment
• Improving skills which allow for identification, and even prevention of, environmental issues and actions to address them
• Developing behaviors that benefit the environment and decrease impact
• Rising participation in community programs that benefit the environment

Elizabeth Roe is the brains behind Eco Partners. With 25-plus years of teaching and professional environmental and conservation expertise, Elizabeth is a recognized environmental educator and communicator.

Gary Roe has spent his career in public administration, communications, and marketing and provides day-to-day operational support for Eco Partners.

Julanne Sausser

Julanne Sausser is our Marketing Communications Manager. She has worked in and around recycling for many years, most recently with the Paper Retriever program.

Recent investments in both the facility and the recycling program have allowed for the total collected material to increase from an average of 3,200 tons annually to an expected 11,000 tons in the first year for the improved operation. The 30,000-square-foot facility is able to process 15 tons per hour.

Community participation in the recycling program has also increased, and there has been a drop in the facility's contamination rate, from 32 percent to 24 percent, thanks to the new MRF.  Credit is also due to Sylvia Garza, City of Laredo's recycling coordinator, who works to encourage public participation in recycling.  In addition to working with Eco Partners to provide One Man's Trash for Laredo, she coordinates MRF tours, a Recycling Day Fair, and other events that increase awareness and encourage citizens to participate in recycling.  

Congratulations, Laredo!