National Pollution Prevention Awards

NPPR holds an award ceremony during National Pollution Prevention Week to recognize outstanding, innovative pollution prevention projects/programs.  During this time the following types of awards are given: MVP2, PBT-Cup, and Bill Bilkovitch Individual Achievement Awards.  Applications are required for MVP2 Awards and PBT-Cup . All NPPR members are urged to apply, since membership in NPPR denotes an additional commitment to pollution prevention.  As in years past, awards are judged on the following five broad criteria:  innovation, measurable results, transferability, commitment, and optimization of available project resources.  Third-party Judges are instructed to specifically look for applicants that demonstrate source reduction activities. The winners are announced and receive awards in person at a ceremony in Washington, DC during Pollution Prevention Week.

Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Awards (MVP2 Award)

Since 1998 the MVP2 awards have recognized innovative industrial, regulatory and non-regulatory pollution prevention (P2) projects and initiatives. The MVP2 Awards are open to all stakeholders (all levels of government, industry, non-profits, etc.)  We recognize all the organizations and departments that contributed to a winning project. This year we are recognizing the top five projects for phenomenal contributions to P2.

The 2001 MVP2 winners meet Senator Boxer

(l-r) ?, Ann Heil, Senator Barbara Boxer, Ericka Alonso, Samantha Draper, Rhea Jack

PBT-Cup

The PBT-Cup Awards were added in 1999 to recognize companies that used innovative P2 approaches to reduce the generation of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals in their wastes. PBT-Cup Award is only awarded to one private company each year. 

To apply to the MVP2 Awards or PBT-Cup, go to How to Apply.

Bill Bilkovitch Individual Achievement Award

This award is given to three members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to pollution prevention either for their organization or for a particular cause.  Unlike the other two awards that honor a particular project and organization, this project commends the work of three individuals.  We do not accept applications for this award.   

William W. Bilkovich, 56, died Thursday, December 30, 1999, in Tallahassee, Florida in an automobile accident near his home.   Bill had a full and varied life, with many experiences that served him well in his career as a pollution prevention consultant. Bill was knowledgeable on a wide variety of topics ranging from metallurgy to Zen and was also a chemical engineer. He was a world traveler, an avid reader, accomplished in computers, entomology, biology, and many other subjects, and was especially fond of beetles. He attended the University of Wisconsin, and then Florida State University, where he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a MBA. Bill then went to work for the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, where he pioneered pollution prevention programs in the State of Florida. In 1993 he founded his own consulting firm, Environmental Quality Consultants, to provide pollution prevention consulting to government and industry. In 1995, he started consulting to The Natural Resources Defense Council and The Dow Chemical Company in LaPort, Texas, and moved to Midland in 1996 to work with their Michigan operations. He was a key participant in the Michigan Source Reduction Initiative, a cooperative partnership with local, state and national environmental activists and Dow’s Michigan operations, which reduced waste and emissions from the Midland site by more than 6 million pounds annually. He was active locally, opposing the coal plant in Tallahassee, which protected the area from health problems and financial loss. He was also instrumental in preventing the construction of the PP&G pipeline in Perry.  Bill was a unique blend of imagination, wit, intelligence, daring, and technical competence that was truly a positive force toward a sustainable world.