EPA Names Safer Choice Partner of the Year Winners

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing 24 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners across 12 states, the District of Columbia and Canada for outstanding achievement in the design, manufacture, promotion and use of a range of cleaning and other household products that carry the Safer Choice label.
 

“Everyone wants products with ingredients that are safer for their kids, pets, communities and the environment,” said EPA administrator Gina McCarthy. “Using technology and innovation to turn challenges into profitable opportunities makes our businesses stronger and more competitive, our families and workers healthier, and our environment cleaner.” 


 
The winners are:

 
Safer Formulator-Manufacturer: Boulder Clean (Boulder, CO), Bissell (Grand Rapids, MI), Case Medical, Inc. (South Hackensack, NJ), Clean Control Corporation (Warner Robins, GA), The Clorox Company (Pleasanton, CA), Futurescape Inc. (Port Orange, FL), Jelmar, LLC (Skokie, IL), Osprey Biotechnics Inc. (Sarasota, FL), RB (Parsippany, NJ) and Seventh Generation Inc. (Burlington, VT)


 
Safer Chemical Innovator: BASF Corporation (Florham Park, N.J.), Ecolab (Eagan, MN.), Osprey Biotechnics (Sarasota, FL) and Virox Technologies Inc. (Oakville, Ontario, Canada)


 
Purchaser/Distributor: Solutex, Inc. (Sterling, VA)

Retailer: Albertsons Companies (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. (Rochester, NY) 


 
Program Supporter: American Sustainable Business Council (Alexandria, VA), The Ashkin Group (Los Angeles), Consumer Specialty Products Association (Washington, DC), Environmental Defense Fund (New York), Federal Sustainable Acquisitions and Materials Management Practices (SAMM) Working Group (Washington, DC), Healthy Schools Campaign (Chicago), ISSA, the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association (Northbrook, IL), Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families (New York)
 
The 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards will be presented at 2:00 p.m. on May 9, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.