Pollution Prevention

Specific Judging Considerations

• To recognize businesses that are committed to corporate environmental stewardship & that have significantly reduced or eliminated sources by modifying production processes, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, & re-using materials rather than putting them into the waste stream
• Level of management commitment in preventing pollution through source / waste reduction and avoidance of media transfer
• Relationship between the environmental benefits and the associated economic benefits

2007 Winner of Pollution Prevention

Winner – SIM from Tricycle, Inc. (Hamilton County)
Tricycle developed the technology to reproduce the colors and textures of carpeting on paper. By doing so, they are preserving nonrenewable resources like oil and reducing landfill waste. Most designers will request around 30 carpet samples for a single project. These carpet samples use approximately 7.5 gallons of oil to create, and the designer will often pick a few they like and discard the rest in a landfill. Tricycle eliminates that production process and creates its samples from 100 percent recyclable paper. In one year, 34,443 SIM alternative samples were shipped, 8,611 gallons of oil were saved and 51,665 pounds of carpet were not put into a landfill.