Apply for the 2024 Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards
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Has your facility been working to reduce its environmental footprint? Do you have a stellar sustainability initiative? Did you develop an innovative strategy that benefited the environment? Consider applying for the 2024 Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards. The awards acknowledge successful and innovative programs and projects throughout Virginia in the following categories:
- Environmental and Sustainability Program
- Environmental and Sustainability Project
- Green Government for Commonwealth Entities
- Land Conservation
- Virginia Outdoors Plan Implementation
Last year, Canon Virginia, a VEEP E4 member, was recognized as a gold medal winner for its recycled toner pellet project, which targeted waste toner dust extracted from toner cartridges as part of the recycling process. By pelletizing the dust, the process has eliminated the disposal of 400 tons of toner per year, which was one of the facility's largest solid waste streams. This also eliminated the disposal fees and the environmental impacts of transporting the material. The sale of toner pellets resulted in an annual profit of $300,000 per year.
Applications are due December 7.
