The City of Carrollton Environmental Services Department recognized 13 local companies for their commitment to environmental principles and efforts in creating and maintaining a sustainable community at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 7.

Mayor Kevin Falconer introduced the Environmental Leadership Award while Mayor Pro Tem Pat Cochran touched on a brief history of each company, and both presented the 2021 awards to the 13 Carrollton companies that have consistently complied with industrial pretreatment and stormwater regulations for a full year. Together, these companies have been honored by the City of Carrollton with this annual award more than 100 times for their consistent leadership and commitment to excellence and the environment.

Century Products, Electro Plate Circuitry, Inc. (EPC)-Capital Drive, Electro Plate Circuitry, Inc. (EPC)-Century Drive, ILLES Foods-McKenzie, Image Industries, International Paper-Belt Line Road, QPC-Quality Powder Coating, Quantum Global Technologies, Rudy’s Tortillas, Ruskin Rooftop Systems (RRS), Texas Finishing Company, Wash Solutions, and Western Extrusions were granted leadership awards at the meeting.

Previously known as the Consistently Compliant Award, the City renamed it the Environmental Leadership Award to reflect the exemplary partnership between these industries and the City of Carrollton. Each company receiving the award has displayed vigilance and diligence in fulfilling industrial requirements to ensure the safety of Carrollton’s water.

A panel of environmental quality managers in the City along with a representative from the City Council reviews these companies each year to determine which are meeting and exceeding requirements to display environmental excellence. From the 13 companies awarded the Environmental Leadership Award in 2021, Western Extrusions was selected to receive the Environmental Distinction Award, the second one in 12 years. This award is given to organizations that display leadership in creating a sustainable future in their facilities and in the community through commitment to compliance, demonstration of enhanced pollution prevention practices, and display of environmental stewardship through recycling efforts, resource reductions, and more.

Western Extrusions has been extruding, finishing, and forging aluminum in Carrollton since 1986. The company implemented a new cast house process that recycles all scrap aluminum and decreases carbon (CO₂) emissions through a 50 percent reduction in truckloads of scrap needing to be hauled off-site. The company has made many improvements to its wastewater treatment system; regularly recycles waste materials including cardboard, plastic, scrap metal, wood, batteries, used tires, oily water, and hydraulic fluid; and has reduced 80 percent of the hazardous waste generation from one of the process lines.

Western Extrusions is also a leader in the Carrollton and North Texas community through its involvement with Metrocrest Services, its partnership with DART providing free commutes to and from work for employees, and other community donations.

With a commitment to achieve environmental excellence and to improve the quality and vitality of the community, each company is commended for its leadership in creating a sustainable future.

For more information, contact the Environmental Services Department at 972-466-3060.