Through equipment, process, and training upgrades, the company prevented 11.5 tons of hazardous air pollutants from being released in its first year of business. Tennsco Corporation of Dickson, Tennessee received TDEC's 2001 Governor's Award for Excellence in Hazardous Waste Management. This environmentally conscious manufacturer of metal office furniture and industrial shelving also won TDEC's 2000 award for small quantity generators of hazardous waste. Using scrap materials and company volunteers, hundreds of wood duck and bluebird nesting boxes have been erected, acres of sunflowers for songbirds have been planted, and in 2000, the volunteers erected artificial nesting platforms for osprey, herons, and bald eagles. Sessions will continue through Friday morning.
Topics range from brownfield redevelopment to landfill operation to professional ethics.
This Show of the South is sponsored by TDEC and the University of Tennessee. It is one of the largest conferences of its kind in the entire nation. An on-site media room headed by Kim Olson has been established at the Gatlinburg Convention Center.