Original sentence: As federal environmental regulations became stricter in the 1970s, it became apparent that the region needed a regional system to manage the area’s garbage.Before, each community in South Hampton Roads fully managed its own solid waste.It services the independent cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach and the counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton.Residents in the SPSA region each throw away about six pounds of trash per day, resulting in over a million pounds of trash a year per person, i.SPSA converts trash to steam and electricity, which it sells to the U.SPSA has approximately 500 employees and its FY 06-07 operating budget totaled approximately $88 million.SPSA is ISO 14001 certified.SPSA was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1976.over a million tons of waste each year
Edited sentence: All added up, that’s over a million TONS of waste each year.As federal environmental regulations became stricter in the 1970s, it became apparent that the region needed a regional system to manage the area’s garbage; one in which recycling was facilitated and encouraged, and where trash would be converted to steam and electricity and sold.At the core of ISO 14001 is the environmental management system or EMS, which outlines a structured methodology to identify, organize and control and continually improve a business’ impacts on the environment.Consistently recognized by worldwide, North American, state and local professional associations for outstanding environmental and management practices, SPSA has approximately 500 employees and its FY 06-07 operating budget totaled approximately $88 million.Created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, SPSA in 1976 replaced an inefficient collection of systems by which each community in South Hampton Roads fully managed its own solid waste.ISO 14001 is an international, voluntary standard that facilitates proactive management of an organization’s environmental activities.Presently SPSA sells power to the U.Residents in the SPSA region each throw away about six pounds of trash per day, resulting in over a million pounds of trash a year per person.SPSA also is ISO 14001 certified.Servicing the independent cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach and the counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton, SPSA (generally pronounced Sipsa) provides landfill, recycling and waste-to-energy facilities to residents and businesses