7.20 Awards for the USA's contribution to pollution prevention
The USA's Denver office and Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining
Company (CC&V) both received Pollution Prevention (P2) Awards in
February 2004 as special recognition for the development of an
effective pollution prevention programme in accordance with the
Colorado Mining Association's (CMA) Pollution Prevention Code of
Practice. The award is endorsed by the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and has been recognised by
the US Environmental Protection (EPA) Agency through a 2003
Friend of EPA The award-winning P2 programmes instituted by both
the Denver office and CC&V were designed to exceed the
requirements of the CMA P2 protocols that deal with chemical
management, container (packaging) management, and conservation,
recycling, and re-use of waste materials. The prevention of
environmental pollution is of considerable interest in the
United States. In 1998, the EPA expanded the Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI) programme to in