Tri County Green Heroes Tri County Green Heros are the people, neighborhoods, businesses, schools, churches and organizations making a difference in Woodford, Tazewell and Peoria Counties in “Greening our Communities”. |
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Contact Olivia Pasol, Tazewell County Health Department, greeninitiatives@tchd.net Rebecca Cottrell, Peoria City/County Health Department, rcottrell@peoriacounty.org | Tri-County Green Hero June 2020 Kenny's Westside Pub Business has worked to eliminate Styrofoam and almost all single use plastics within their business by utilizing paper cups, straws and carry out bags. The also use biodegradable cutlery. When possible, they donate their surplus food to people in need. |
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January 2020 Winner Spring Lake School #606 Troy Galvin, district's building supervisor and chief gardener, works with students and staff to bring healthy foods from their orchard and garden into their cafeteria | February 2020 Winner Eureka Recycling Program Dedicated to environmental stewardship through his advocacy and dedicated work in petitioning for the continued success of the Eureka Recycling Program | April 2020 Winner Embassy Suites
| May 2020 Winner Pekin High School Conducting a semester long research and advocacy project through the Illinois Science and Technology Institute Mentoring program examining the use and reduction of Styrofoam waste from your cafeteria. This assessment concluded not only the environmental savings, but the financial savings to the school. |