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Across Canada, business and industry are finding and implementing innovative ways to safeguard the environment.  They’re not just cleaning up the environment; they’re preventing pollution before it occurs. 

The Canadian Council of Minister of the Environment (CCME) supports this growing emphasis on pollution prevention, knowing it’s more effective to minimize or avoid creating pollutants and waste at the source than to clean them up after they’ve been produced.  To show its support, CCME sponsored the Pollution Prevention Awards Program from 1997 to 2009 to give national recognition to companies and organizations showing cutting-edge accomplishment and leadership in pollution prevention.

C2P2 partnered with CCME to deliver the Awards Program as part of the annual Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable.

The list of winners from the last 3 years of the Awards Program can be found below. Following the 2009 Awards, the program was cancelled by the CCME.

2009 Winners
Small Business: Calstone Inc.
Medium Business: Frito Lay Canada
Medium Business: S.C. Johnson and Company Ltd.
Large Business: Teknion Corporation
Organization: Cape Breton District Health Authority
Greenhouse Gas Reductions: City of Toronto - Toronto Environment Office
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Honourable Mention: Exhibition Place

For summaries of the winning 2009 projects view the 2009 CCME Pollution Prevention Award Winners web site.

2008 Winners
Micro Business: Logical Creations Ltd.
Medium Business: Steelcase Canada Ltd.
Organization: North York General Hospital
Organization: University Health Network
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Hamilton Renewable Power Incorporated

2007 Winners
Small Business: North American Decal
Medium Business: Bowne of Canada Ltd.
Organization (Honourable Mention): Clean Air Foundation
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: City of Calgary - Climate Change Action Plan
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Quebec City
Innovations: City of Edmonton - Drainage Services

For more information on the CCME Pollution Prevention Awards and a list of previous winners, visit the CCME Pollution Prevention Awards web site.