Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence

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Length: 27 minutes

This episode of the award-winning GreenWorks for Pennsylvania TV show visits with several winners of the 1998 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. The awards were created to honor those Pennsylvania companies, organizations and individuals who excel in the fields of pollution prevention, recycling, land use, technology innovation, energy efficiency, market development, and environmental education and outreach.

Award recipients showcased in this episode include:

• The Cove Shoe Company in Martinsburg, Blair County, which took pollution prevention measures that resulted in a 50% drop in hazardous emissions;
• Community Light and Sound, in Media, Delaware County, a loud speaker manufacturer that decreased its waste stream, and found that doing so also saved money and created a healthier workplace for employees;
• The P3ERIE Steering Committee, a team of hospitals, businesses, organizations working to eliminate mercury from the drinking water drawn from Lake Erie, and to educate the public about mercury's danger;
• The Newtown Jointure, a collaboration of three towns in Bucks County that are working to limit development and preserve the farmland that has long characterized this beautiful area.

GreenWorks TV hosts Jaime Smith and Tom Sexton come to you from the site of another award recipient, Wilton Armetale, a foundry in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, that reduced its solid waste volume by 48% and saved $50,000 through energy efficiency and pollution prevention measures.

Get Involved:

Community Light and Sound
333 East Fifth St.
Chester, PA, 19103-4511
Phone: (610) 876-3400 - Fax: (610) 874-0190

Cove Shoe Company
107 Highland St.
Martinsburg, PA, 16662
Phone: (814) 793-3786

Hamot Medical Center
P3 Erie Steering Committee
201 State Street
Erie, PA, 16550-0001
Phone: (814) 877-6062 - Fax: (814) 877-6127

Wilton Armetale
Plumb and Square Sts.
Mount Joy, PA, 17552
Phone: (717) 653-4444 - Fax: (717) 653-6573