Sept 28 - Sims Recycling Receives Sustainable Business Award

Sims Recycling Solutions, the global leader in electronics reuse and recycling, received an Honorable Mention at the 2011 Sacramento Sustainable Business of the Year Awards on September 15. Presented by the Business Environmental Resource Center, the award recognizes Sims Recycling Solutions for the steps it has taken to make its operations more sustainable as well as for demonstrating environmental excellence and leadership in the Sacramento area.

According to Steve Skurnac, President, Sims Recycling Solutions, Americas, "Sims Recycling Solutions is honored to receive recognition as a Sustainable Business of the Year. This award reinforces our commitment to cultivating practices that drive environmental sustainability worldwide at both a corporate and an industry level."

One of 10 Sacramento-area businesses to be honored, Sims Recycling Solutions’ commitment to environmental stewardship includes using state-of-the-art recycling technologies that produce cleaner commodities for reuse in the manufacture of new products, implementing comprehensive hazardous materials management programs and maintaining R2 and ISO 14001 certifications. Closer to home, Sims Recycling Solutions’ 200,000-square-foot facility in Roseville, California, is powered by renewable energy and part of the Roseville Green Energy Initiative.