Six Hoosier Projects Earn Governor’s Environmental Awards

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence recognize exemplary Hoosier projects that are preventing and reducing pollution in the environment. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) will present the awards at the Association of Indiana Solid Waste Management Districts Inc. annual conference Oct. 23 and 24 in Indianapolis.

Tom Easterly, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, said the work to improve the environment involves local innovation, enthusiasm and a commitment to change.

“These organizations are among the best of the best in Indiana, with deep commitments to understanding how to reduce pollution and instituting measurable practices. These are exemplary projects because they demonstrate significant, measurable results,” Easterly said.                         

These are the recipients:

• Indiana Dunes State Park, for reducing E. coli impact to Lake Michigan by returning Dunes Creek to a natural stream and wetlands area;
• Meadowlane Farms, a concentrated animal feeding operation in Clinton County, for technology changes that reduced the need for approximately 200 tons of fertilizer and other process changes;
• Lake County Solid Waste Management District, for its Garbage Scene Investigators educational program, which encourages and measures recycling;
• National Starch Food Innovation in Marion County, for reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill from 199 tons per month in 2005 to three tons per month in 2006 and for selling surplus starch for animal feed;
• Pfizer, Inc., Vigo County, for returning former industrial land to an ecologically productive natural habitat; and,
• GM – Fort Wayne Assembly (Allen County) for significant reductions in air, water, waste, and energy impacts.

Businesses and organizations can learn more about the awards on the Web at www.idem.IN.gov/prevention/awards/govawards/.

Source: IDEM Press Release

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