3 Mahoning entities garner recycling awards

YOUNGSTOWN

Three Mahoning County entities have received awards for their efforts to recycle, reuse and reduce waste.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 WasteWise Gold Achievement Award was given to Trinity Lutheran Church of Sebring, the Mahoning County Green Team and Damascus Elementary School in Damascus during Tuesday’s Mahoning County commissioners meeting.

Issuing the award was Jacob Hassan, an environmental scientist and community recycling coordinator for the EPA’s Region 6, which is based in Chicago and covers six states.

It’s rare for one county to receive three such awards in the same year, Hassan noted.

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