PEP Member News | March 2022
PEP Member

Thank you to all for renewing your annual PEP membership! We are always recruiting business members. Let me know if you want to bring a guest to the March 17th Membership breakfast – there will be no charge for your guest.

We want to tell the community about your company's environmental achievements. Don't miss the March 15th deadline to submit your nominations for the 2022 PEP Environmental Awards!

I bet your company has a project you can nominate for a PEP award, and you might not realize it! Although incredibly important, a PEP Environmental Stewardship Award is not just about significantly reducing air emissions or energy usage. Lower impact but conscious decision-making and actions to reduce your company's environmental impact are the essences of the PEP awards. But first, you have to tell us about your projects by using the fillable PDF nomination form linked below. We are accepting nominations until March 15th!

Jennifer Denson, Executive Director
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The 2022 PEP Environmental Stewardship Awards application is live on our website. Please be sure to nominate a member company – or your own company – no business or project is too small. The focus of the awards is on best practices and innovation and not simply overall environmental impact. Quality, creativity and commitment count!  

Application Deadline: Monday, March 15, 2022, at 5:00pm
2022 PEP SCHOLARSHIP

Applications are now open until March 18, 2022! If you or your children are attending college or graduate school, be sure to consider the PEP scholarship program! This $2,500 scholarship is designated for local employees of PEP member companies and dependents. The application for the 2022 PEP Scholarship is open through March 18, 2022. More information can be found at this link.
JOB WELL DONE, CITY OF MOBILE!

City of Mobile employees collected more than 400 tons of trash and garbage, including 7,252 pounds of recyclable material, between February 11 and March 2, 2022. This collection is a 31% increase from what the City recycled during Mardi Gras in 2020. 
"OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP" FOR MOBILE COUNTY

Mobile County residents will get the chance to dispose of unwanted household items and yard debris on April 2, 2022, from 7 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. You must show proof of Mobile County residency and have one load per household. No hazardous waste will be accepted, and businesses and dump trailers are not allowed.
MEMBER NEWS
EVONIK MAKING $176.5M INVESTMENT AT THEODORE PLANT

Governor Kay Ivey announced last week that Evonik is launching an expansion project at its Mobile area manufacturing facility to bolster its animal nutrition business line. Evonik's expansion is expected to ease its supply chain and reduce bottlenecks while reducing the Mobile plant's carbon footprint of DL-methionine by about 7%, a savings of 25,000 metric tons of CO2 per year.
WKRG Growing the Gulf Coast: Local non-profit recycling tons of electronics to help locals
PEP member, Ransom Ministries, recycles 325 tons of electronic waste per year, which is 650,000 pounds of metal, plastic, and chemicals that would have ended up sitting in a landfill. This is important since Mobile and Baldwin counties produce over 12 million pounds of electronic waste per year. 

For more information on their electronics recycling, contact Matt Armbruster at 251-550-2279  matt@ransomministries.com.
PEP EVENTS
7 A.M. REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
8 A.M. SHOTGUN START

Return the completed form to Jennifer at jdenson@pepmobile.org.
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