May 21, 2008—The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its 6th Annual Progress Report for the National Environmental Performance Track (Performance Track) program. The Performance Track Results show that since its inception in 2000, members have collectively saved enough energy to power 46,000 homes for one year, enough greenhouse gases to offset the annual emissions of 57,000 cars, and prevented solid waste equivalent to that produced by 553,000 households yearly.
According to EPA, the combined environmental efforts of all Performance Track member facilities to date have resulted in significant cumulative savings, including:
- Reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by 309,780 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
- Increases in use of recycled materials for production processes by 559,991 tons
- Reductions in water consumption of 5.2 billion gallons
Performance Track is a public-private partnership with 533 members–ranging from major corporations to small businesses and representing a variety of industries across 49 states and Puerto Rico—who have voluntarily collaborated with EPA to establish goals for environmental improvement among a variety of environmental activities throughout the product lifecycle.
