Cooper Tire Plant Takes “Green” Award in Mississippi

The Cooper Tire plant in Tupelo has earned the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s (MDEQ) enHance Partnership Award for 2015 for its “green” initiatives.

The enHance program is a voluntary stewardship initiative that recognizes facilities and municipalities for putting in place environmental initiatives beyond those that are required.

The Cooper Tupelo plant has been a member of the program since 2011, and earned the 2015 enHance Partnership Award for contributing most significantly to furthering the objectives of enHance and supporting the program.

The accolade was in response to Cooper’s Tupelo plant reducing the amount of waste going to landfills by 34 percent and reducing energy use by 5 percent from 2012 levels.

The facility has also reduced solvent use by 30 percent in the same time period. In addition, Cooper Tupelo has minimized waste through reuse and recycling of materials.

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