Vol. 5, No. 6, June 2008
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EPA Hails Harrah’s
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., operator of four Atlantic City casinos, is the first gaming company in the country to earn the Environmental Protection Agency’s highest award for environmentally aware “green” programs.
The company was recognized for improvements at Harrah's, Bally’s, Caesars and Showboat. Since 2002, the casinos have used more efficient lighting, nontoxic cleaning agents, energy-saving thermostats, eco-friendly refrigerants and better heating, cooling and ventilation systems.
Harrah’s has eliminated the equivalent of more than 94 million pounds of carbon dioxide annually. Each year it recycles 50,000 gallons of cooking oil and 1.6 million pounds of cardboard. It uses waterless urinals (saving 30,000 gallons of water each per year) and has eliminated 1.1 million polystyrene beverage cups.
“We will continue to do our part to reuse, reduce and recycle,” says Harrah’s Eastern Division President Carlos Tolosa.
