California wraps it up.Applications for the 2004 Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) opened in April for California businesses and nonprofits demonstrating exemplary resource conservation by reducing waste in the workplace. In its 12th year, the awards program is sponsored by the California Integrated Waste Management Board to recognize businesses statewide for their commitment to environmental protection. WRAP applications are being accepted through June 30, 2004, with the winners to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. in September: The application can be obtained online at www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ WRAP/or by contacting the board's WRAP Program coordinator at wrap@ciwmb.ca.gov or at (916) 341-6604. "Thousands of businesses in California are proving daily that good business practices and environmental considerations are not mutually exclusive Adj. 1. mutually exclusive - unable to be both true at the same time contradictory incompatible - not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" ," board chair Linda Moulton-Patterson says. "We urge every eligible business to apply for this year's WRAP awards and to let us know about their outstanding efforts." The WRAP award program was established in 1993 and honors California businesses and nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. for leadership in waste reduction, waste prevention, recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. , reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. and buying recycled-content products. Information on prior WRAP award winners statewide by county is available at the board's Web site at www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WRAP/ search.asp. |
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