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ICI business wins US awards for recycling and waste reduction achievements
27th November 2007
National Starch, a member of the ICI Group, has received three awards in the USA for its recycling and waste reduction efforts at its largest manufacturing facility.
The awards acknowledge work by National Starch Food Innovation in achieving a sustainable waste reduction of 98.6 per cent at its Indianapolis plant.
The site was awarded the 2007 National Recycling Coalition's Fred Schmitt Award for Outstanding Corporate Leadership, has recognised the achievements in its waste reduction category of annual awards, and the business also won a 2007 Indiana Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence.
The recycling and waste reduction programme started when an employee asked: "Why don't we recycle more at National Starch?" Although a number of individual recycling initiatives were already in place, increased environmental benefits and cost savings from a more comprehensive programme were identified.
