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Fifteen Illinois companies and organizations were declared winners of the 2004 Governor’s Pollution Prevention Awards for significant achievements in helping the environment and the economy. This was the 18th consecutive year that the Waste Management & Research Center presented the awards.
"The award winners are leaders in their industries because of their ongoing commitment to the environment, their communities and their employees," Gov. Rod Blagojevich said. "Many of them have sustained pollution prevention programs over a number of years, striving to find new ways to reduce waste and show how pollution prevention is good for our economy and for retaining and creating jobs in Illinois."
"Again this year, we were impressed with the variety and quality of the projects undertaken by the award winning companies," said George Vander Velde, WMRC Director. "These businesses and organizations have proven that pollution prevention makes good sense for the environmental and economic health of Illinois. They have achieved their pollution prevention goals and saved millions of dollars in pollution control, waste disposal, energy and raw material costs."
The Pollution Prevention (P2) projects saved the honored companies and organizations millions of dollars in material and disposal costs. The companies and organizations also prevented hundreds of tons of waste materials from being released into the environment and saved millions of gallons of water from being sent to treatment facilities.
Applicants were judged in a statewide competition on criteria including technological innovation, environmental significance, economic benefits and commitment to pollution prevention. WMRC pollution prevention engineers reviewed the applications, while the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency determined company environmental compliance.
Information on the Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards program and technical assistance on pollution prevention are available from the Waste Management and Research Center, One Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, phone 217/333-8940, www.wmrc.uiuc.edu
2004 Governor's Pollution Prevention Award Winners
Large Industry Category
Behr Process Corporation in Chicago Heights
The Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. in Aurora
GM Electro-Motive in LaGrange
Cadbury Adams in Rockford
Educational Institution
Community Unit School District #3 (Cuba) Cuba School
Service Organization
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia.
Continuous Improvement Award
International Truck & Engine Corp. in Melrose Park
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) in Chicago
Nalco Company in Bedford Park
Sherwin Williams-Minwax in Flora
Caterpillar’s Technology and Solutions Division in Peoria
Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park
Caterpillar Cast Metals Organization (CMO) located in Mapleton
Maytag Herrin Laundry Products in Herrin
GE Healthcare Bio-sciences, located in Arlington Heights
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