Transwestern Partners with EPA

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Transwestern Commercial Services was named an official partner in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to conserve natural resources, in a ceremony held in Bethesda, Maryland.

Transwestern is the first property management company in Maryland to enroll in EPA's voluntary National Partnership for Environmental Priorities program. The program challenges businesses and manufacturers to become more environmentally aware and to adopt a resource conservation ethic that results in less waste, more recycling, and more environmentally-sound products.

"There is a national initiative underway called the Resource Conservation Challenge, which encourages companies to find flexible, yet more protective ways to conserve our valuable resources through waste reduction and energy recovery activities that will improve public health and the environment," said Maria Vickers, EPA Deputy Director of the Office of Solid Waste. "Today, Transwestern has stepped up to the plate by committing to develop a comprehensive mercury recycling program for all their facilities in the Mid-Atlantic region."

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