EPA Awards Steelcase For Environmental Achievements

Posted by MCC on November 4th, 2008 at 08:42pm

Every year, the Environmental Protection Agency recognizes companies with outstanding achievements and accomplishments in greening their businesses. This year, Steelcase Inc. was honored for the WasteWise Large Business Partner of the Year.

The award honors a companies efforts in waste reduction and in manufacturing and purchasing recycled products. The EPA recognized Steelcase with 3 gold product awards and 5 honorable mentions. This was the first award for Steelcase.

The great success of Steelcase in protecting the environment lies mainly in their innovative techniques in waste prevention. The company donates literally thousands of pounds of surplus materials to local non-profit agencies for reuse. These materials would otherwise end up in local landfills.

The company also operates a very successful training program in sustainability and employees donate their time to non-profit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and also participate in the Adopt-a-Highway program.

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