{"id":28333,"date":"2022-12-29T16:58:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=28333"},"modified":"2022-12-29T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:58:22","slug":"publix-receives-best-overall-recycling-award-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/12\/29\/publix-receives-best-overall-recycling-award-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Publix receives ‘Best Overall’ recycling award in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Florida Recycling Partnership and The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recognized seven organizations during its Florida Recycling Week with Lakeland, Florida-based Publix Super Markets winning \u201cBest Overall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPublix remains committed to being responsible citizens in our communities, which includes caring for the environment,\u201d says Publix Director of Environmental and Sustainability Programs Michael Hewett. \u201cWe continuously examine processes in our stores, warehouses and offices, looking for additional ways to recycle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publix says it was recognized for its commitment across the company to recycling education, including its plastic bag recycling campaign to educate customers and its internal Green Routine program which encourages associates to make sustainable choices. Through efforts like these, Publix is proud to have recycled more than 615 million pounds of cardboard and more than 21 million pounds of soft plastics in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NuCycle Energy, Plant City, Florida, received the \u201cInnovation\u201d award, says the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNuCycle Energy<\/a> is both proud and flattered to have received the award for \u2018Innovation in Recycling\u2019 from the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation,\u201d NuCycle Energy CEO Mark Barasch says. \u201cWe look forward to continuing to work with the foundation and all its members in our collaborative efforts to preserve and improve upon the environment here in Florida over the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brightmark<\/a>, San Franciso, received awards for \u201cCommunication and Education\u201d and \u201cWaste Reduction, Recycling and Reuse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other honorees include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch which was presented the \u201cWater Reuse\/Recycling\u201d award;
\u2022 Tampa International Airport which received the \u201cEnergy Efficiency\u201d award;
\u2022 Tallahassee-based National Storm Water Trust received the \u201cEnvironmental Stewardship\u201d award for helping protect the Port of Tampa Bay from excessive runoff following Hurricane Ian; and
\u2022 Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida, received the \u201cRecycling Market Development\u201d award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Florida Recycling Partnership and The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recognized seven organizations during its Florida Recycling Week with Lakeland, Florida-based Publix Super Markets winning \u201cBest Overall.\u201d \u201cPublix remains… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[4143],"class_list":["post-28333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-publix-receives-best-overall-recycling-award-in-florida"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28334,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28333\/revisions\/28334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}