Sappi Cloquet LLC of Cloquet is among the 2009-10 winners of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Governor's Awards for Pollution Prevention. The 19-year-old award program honors superior environmental achievement by Minnesota businesses, nonprofits, government and institutions.
Two independent panels of judges reviewed 26 applications and selected the six winners. The judges evaluated organizations based on innovative pollution and waste prevention, resource efficiency and sustainable practices.
Sappi Fine Paper North America's Cloquet mill is an integrated pulp and paper mill that produces bleached kraft pulp and coated fine paper. Sappi implemented changes in the pulping process that reduced the amounts of several sulfide compounds being emitted. These reductions resulted in better odor control for the community, as well as improved treatment of methanol, a byproduct of the sulfur compounds. Sappi will save more than $225,000 per year.
The application process is now open for the 2010-11 Governor's Awards for Pollution Prevention. To apply, go to www.pca.state.mn.us/govaward . The deadline for 2010-2011
applications is Wednesday, Sept. 15, by 4:30 p.m.
