[laughter] myra tellabs and nim lem, with years of service given to the people of san francisco, it is all extraordinary. the work that they did to drive down the generation of waste is what we are recognizing today. thank you and congratulations. >> thank you. i will actually turn the microphone over and i will say only two things. one, you do not get the kinds of results that they got by not being passionate at the job. please make sure that you dispose of your waist before you leave. [laughter] i will say that the extraordinary effort described started but a banana peel. -- with a banana peel. [laughter] >> that afternoon, all. i was asked by my supervisor to be the zero waste coordinator. i found a free card for recycling, composting, and waste. i saw the opportunity to spread the word. it was automatic. i hope the other people would see it as well. -- helped -- hoped that other people would see it as well. i know that when we do reduced, because of meerkats, we decided san francisco would be a 0 waste city by 2020. separating out our trash, we create jobs and produce opportunities

[laughter] myra tellabs and nim lem, with years of service given to the people of san francisco, it is all extraordinary. the work that they did to drive down the generation of waste is what we are recognizing today. thank you and congratulations. >> thank you. i will actually turn the microphone over and i will say only two things. one, you do not get the kinds of results that they got by not being passionate at the job. please make sure that you dispose of your waist before you leave. [laughter]