Accepting the 2013 BCP Green Award is Captain Anthony S. Lloyd, and l to r- Carlos Romo, 2012 Green Award winner La Trattoria; Lisa Arias, BCP Secretary,; Captain Lloyd; and Bill Klingelsmith, BCP President.
The National Maritime Center is the winner of BCP’s 2013 Green Award. They are in a LEED Silver Certified building and are working toward becoming a paperless records system. They have expanded their parking area for carpool vehicles, low emission and hybrid vehicles to encourage employees to cut back on gas emissions. They send e-mail reminders to employees about recycling events and sites. As a Partnership in Education program they donate their used toner and ink cartridges to the Berkeley County Schools to use for credit.
The National Maritime Center is the winner of BCP’s 2013 Green Award. They are in a LEED Silver Certified building and are working toward becoming a paperless records system. They have expanded their parking area for carpool vehicles, low emission and hybrid vehicles to encourage employees to cut back on gas emissions. They send e-mail reminders to employees about recycling events and sites. As a Partnership in Education program they donate their used toner and ink cartridges to the Berkeley County Schools to use for credit.
“Carlos and Sonia Romo, owners of La Trattoria Italian Eatery, were awarded the 2nd annual BCP Green Award at the annual meeting January 2012. Nominated by the Berkeley Solid Waste Authority, the Romo’s have designated containers in the restaurant for all recyclables, staff are trained to recycle, and twice a week Carlos takes recyclables to the Grapevine Road Recycling Center. The restaurant recycles: cardboard, mixed paper, glass bottles, steel cans, plastic containers, and newspapers. La Trattoria promotes environmental awareness in the workplace and by involving their employees they are being educated to the impact of recycling, and the responsibility to recycle both at work and at home.”
(From Left to Right: Maria Lorenen, Jim Scott of RMS, and Christina Lundberg)
At the 2011 Annual Meeting; Berkeley Community Pride presented its first "Green Awards" for environmental stewardship to two local Berkeley County businesses.
Records Management Solutions and Ecolab were the recipients receiving "green" plaques from BCP as well as a special citation from acting Governor Earl Ray Tomlin.
Records Management Solutions and Ecolab were the recipients receiving "green" plaques from BCP as well as a special citation from acting Governor Earl Ray Tomlin.
From left, Maria Lorensen, John Hemmen and Jonathan Gavlinksi display awards given at the recent BCP annual meeting. Hemmen and Gavlinski are EHS manager and plant manager respectively at Ecolab.