PPPL received two awards from national agencies for its green buying practices and its composting and recycling program, the latest in a long list of honors the Laboratory has received for its environmental programs over the past several years. One award was a gold Green Buy Award from the DOE for the Laboratory’s green buying program in fiscal year 2016 — the fourth such award the Laboratory has received in the past six years. PPPL received a silver award last year and gold awards in 2013 and in 2012. The second 2016 honor was a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Food Recovery Challenge Award for fiscal year 2015 for the Laboratory’s composting program.

“The awards are a recognition of PPPL’s sustained commitment to improving its environmental performance,” said Robert Sheneman, head of PPPL’s Environmental Services Division. “Purchasing environmentally-preferred products and diverting waste from landfills is only a small portion of our environmental stewardship program. Those things have really become a part of how we do business here at the Lab.”