Ohio EPA Awards Gold to MillerCoors

The Ohio EPA recently announced that OMA member, MillerCoors in Trenton, OH, was awarded its E3 Gold Award in May 2017. The Gold Level recognizes organizations that have a good environmental compliance record, have completed environmental stewardship activities and are committed to pursuing environmental improvement projects.

Ohio EPA said the brewery has not sent garbage to a landfill since 2009, among other sustainability achievements. The facility is located on 1,100 acres, 2.5 acres of wetlands, more than 30 acres of managed prairie grass and more than 500 acres used by local farmers.

According to the announcement, the brewery turns out up to 11 million barrels of beer a year with 510 employees and is the second largest facility of seven MillerCoors breweries.