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Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners 2016

On May 9, 2016, EPA recognized winners at the Partner of the Year Awards ceremony for outstanding achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals.

Learn more about the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards:

  • 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners by Category
  • More information about the awards
  • Watch winner videos from the awards ceremony.

Go back to the Partner of the Year Awards home page.

2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners by Category

Click on an award winner to learn more about why they were recognized as a 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year.

Formulators-Product Manufacturers

BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Boulder Clean, Boulder, CO
Case Medical, Inc., South Hackensack, NJ
Clean Control Corporation, Warner Robins, GA
The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA
Futurescape Inc., Port Orange, FL
Jelmar, LLC, Skokie, IL
Osprey Biotechnics, Inc., Sarasota, FL
Seventh Generation, Burlington, VT

Innovators

BASF Corporation, Florham Park, NJ
Ecolab, Saint Paul, MN
Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA
Virox Technologies Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Purchasers and Distributors

Solutex, Inc., Sterling, VA

Retailers

Albertsons Companies, Boise, ID
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Rochester, NY

Supporters

American Sustainable Business Council, Washington, DC
The Ashkin Group, Los Angeles, CA
Consumer Specialty Products Association, Washington, DC
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY
Healthy Schools Campaign, Chicago, IL
ISSA, The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association, Northbrook, IL
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, Washington, DC
U.S. Sustainable Acquisition and Materials Management Practices Working Group, Washington, DC

More Information about the Awards

For more information, please contact Linda Rutsch ([email protected]).

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