Cambridge Presents Go Green Award to the Volpe Center
The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently named the Volpe Center as the Go Green winner in the large business category for waste reduction for 2009.
Dr. Richard John, Director Emeritus and Acting Director of the Volpe Center, accepted the award at the City of Cambridge's annual Go Green Business Awards reception on May 26. Volpe Center Green Team members Adam Klauber and Eran Segev also attended . As part of its Go Green Month Celebration each May, the City of Cambridge recognizes local businesses and institutions for outstanding environmental efforts with the Go Green Business Award. Awards are presented in the following categories: city employee; climate change; community sustainability; energy; storm water management; waste reduction and recycling.
The Volpe Center increased its recycling rate from 4 percent in 2006 to 50 percent in 2008, and set an annual goal to achieve at least 70 percent, purchases paper products with 30%-100% postconsumer recycled content, and has reduced waste by making payroll and timesheet systems paperless. If Volpe achieves a 70 percent recycling goal in the future, the facility will reach the top one percent nationwide of those achieving this goal. To put this in perspective, only one city in the United States has a recycling rate of 70 percent.
