enHance making enviro difference

JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) accepted one new and nine renewal memberships into its enHance program for the class of 2019. The recognition was part of MDEQ’s 11th annual workshop and awards luncheon. The enHance program is a voluntary stewardship action recognizing committed environmental activities in three categories: Leader, Steward, or Associate. In the past year, projects have resulted in the reduction of more than 3,000 pounds of hazardous waste; saved 8.6M gallons of water; reduced annual energy use by more than 73M kilowatt hours; and members have reported more than $1M saved in 2018. Among those recognized in the leader category were Hol-Mac’s three Bay Springs plants, Siemens Industry of Richland, Anel Corp. of Winona, and Southwire Co. of Starkville. In the Steward category: Haworth Inc. of Bruce, PACCAR of Columbus, and Southwire Co. of Starkville. In the Associate category: Airbus Helicopters of Columbus, and Keith Huber Corp. of Gulfport. (Source: MDEQ 04/09/19)