<B>CIWMB Honors Businesses For Recycling</B>

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB), Sacramento, has honored 1,898 businesses for reducing the amount of trash they produce. The number of winner who qualified for the Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) has more than tripled since 1999.

“A substantial part of what California throws away each year—more than 50% of our waste stream—comes from business and industry,” says Linda Moulton-Patterson, Waste Board chair. “The WRAP awards recognize businesses as vital partners putting forth innovative efforts to reduce, reuse, recycle and buy recycled.”

Some of the award winners include Albertsons/Sav-on, with more than 1,700 grocery stores in the U.S., Mervyn’s and Target stores and Southern California Edison. For a complete list of award winners, please visit www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WRAP/.