Since 2000, StopWaste has recognized over 100 Alameda County businesses and institutions for outstanding environmental performance. Below is the complete list of award recipients by year.
For the most recent winners, see the Environmental Leadership Awards page.
2024
- Vesta Foodservice (Hayward)
- Sparkl Reusables (Oakland) & Spectrum Community Services (Hayward)
- oWOW (Oakland)
- Drake's Brewing Company (San Leandro)
- Mohr Elementary School (Pleasanton)
2023
- Fertile GroundWorks (Livermore)
- Good Eggs & Common Vision (Oakland)
- Bay Cities Produce (San Leandro)
- Barnett Plumbing & Water Heaters (Livermore)
- Fremont Unified School District's Climate Literacy and Environmental Education Network
2022
- Altamont Creek Elementary School (Livermore)
- ZEISS Innovation Center California (Dublin)
- Daily Bowl & Daylight Foods (Union City)
- Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont (LEAF)
- Just Fare (Emeryville & Oakland)
2020
- Surplus Service (Fremont)
- First Street Alehouse (Livermore)
- Alameda Natural Grocers & Castro Valley Natural Grocers
- Claremont Hotel Club & Spa (Berkeley/Oakland)
2019
- Honolulu BBQ (Alameda)
- Isla Restaurant (Newark)
- Semifreddi's (Alameda)
- Sodexo at Fremont Unified School District
- UrbanBloc (San Leandro)
- Vericool, Inc. (Livermore)
2018
- Redwood Surgery Center (Castro Valley)
- Ruby King Bakery (Oakland)
- Checkers Catering and Special Events (Livermore)
- New Parkway Theater (Oakland)
- Pixar Animation Studios (Emeryville)
2017
- Beneficial State Bank (Oakland)
- Evergreen Nursery (San Leandro)
- Guckenheimer
- Niles Pie Company (Union City)
- Rahma Mediterranean Market (Dublin)
2016
- Corning Life Sciences
- Felson Companies, Inc.
- Foods Co
- Lola's Chicken Shack
- Mobile Mini
- Oracle Americas, Inc.
- Richard Avelar & Associates Architects
- SMART Modular Technologies
2014
- America's Best Coffee Roasting Company
- Carriage House Apartments
- The Home Depot
- Kaiser Permanente Livermore Medical Offices
- Recology Grover Environmental Products
- Reliance Metalcenter
- Republic Services
- The Sacred Wheel
- South Shore Center
- TraX
- WM EarthCare/Waste Management
- Zero Net Energy Center
2013
- Balentine Plaza Shopping Center
- Cagwin & Dorward
- CBRE, Inc.
- FreshPoint San Francisco
- McDonald's Pacific Sierra Region
- Pete's ACE Hardware
- Tesla Motors, Inc.
- The John Stewart Company
- Truitt & White
- UC Berkeley Cal Dining
- VF Outdoor, Inc.
- Western Garden Nursery
2011
- Amtrak Operations & Maintenance Facility
- Chabot Space & Science Center
- Dublin Corporate Center
- Finelite
- GSC Logistics
- Holy Spirit Church
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
- Kaiser Greater Southern Alameda Area
- SYNNEX Corporation
- Unigen
- US Foods
2010
- A.G. Ferrari
- Berkeley Repertory Theater
- Coca Cola Bottling Company San Leandro
- Dobake Bakeries, Inc.
- Emeryville Public Market
- Novartis
- Peerless Coffee & Tea Company
- Telecare Villa Fairmont Mental Health Rehabilitation Center
- The Clorox Company
- University of California Office of the President
- Washington Hospital Healthcare System
- Wente Family Estates
2009
- Bayer Healthcare, LLC
- Boston Scientific
- Carl Zeiss Meditec
- Costco Wholesale Livermore
- Emerald Packaging Incorporated
- Golden Gate Fields Racetrack
- Heat and Control, Inc.
- La Terra Fina
- Peterson Tractor
- Save Mart Supermarkets
- The Shorenstein Building at 555 12th Street
- United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center
2008
- Alpha Innotech Corporation
- Columbus Distributing Company
- Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
- Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley
- Ghirardelli Chocolate
- Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay
- Kerry Sweet Ingredients
- Lake Merritt Plaza
- North Face
- Peterson Power
- Pleasanton Corporate Commons
- Walters & Wolf
- Watergate Towers
- Whole Foods Markets
2007
- Amtrak
- Clif Bar & Company
- Eastmont Town Center
- Finelite
- Mills College
- Quaker-Tropicana-Gatorade
- Service West
- U.S. Foodservice San Francisco Division
2006
- American Licorice
- Bay Street Emeryville
- Emeryville Public Market
- IKEA Emeryville
- Metro
- Scios
- Sconza Candy
- Trans Pacific Centre
2005
- Degussa Construction Chemicals
- Golden Gate Fields
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- Pacific Steel Casting Company
- Rogers Family Company
- Sara Lee Coffee and Tea
- The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County
- U.S. Pipe
- Washington Hospital
- Westgate Shopping Center/SKB Properties
2004
- Children's Hospital Oakland
- Clif Bar, Inc.
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Oakland Arena & Network Associates Coliseum
- Orcon Corporation
- Toyota Logistics Services
2003
- Cal State University at Hayward
- CertainTeed
- East Bay Regional Park District
- IKEA Emeryville
- LAM Research
- Oakland Hilton Hotel
- Powerlight Corporation
2002
- AC Transit
- American Licorice Company
- Oakland International Airport
- Yoshi's
2001
- ANG Newspapers
- Cal State University at Hayward
- Compaq
- East Bay Regional Park District
- Peerless Coffee Company
- Peet's Coffee & Tea
- The Oakland Zoo
2000
- Bay Area Rapid Transit District
- Bayer Corporation
- Fleischmann's Yeast
- New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
- United States Postal Service Oakland District
- University of California Berkeley