Constantia Flexibles Clarksville Tennessee earned the “Best Overall Green Business” at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification programs Annual Awards Banquet. Over 100 businesses are certified in the program, which was rolled out in 2011. This honor commemorates the site having recently completed the Green Certification process.

The evening featured several achievements. Three organizations were recognized at the end of the program for their exceptional environmental practices, befitting the CMCGCP vision of embracing and practicing conservation, innovation and responsibility for the future.

Those three were the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System Operations Department, first green-certified in 2012; American Snuff, first certified in 2014; and from this year’s class, Constantia Flexibles.

EHS manager Bettina Perkins and project engineer James Stacey provided leadership and coordination, helping Constantia Flexibles take advantage of this opportunity to make a difference. Perkins accepted the award on behalf of the company and lauded the entire Clarksville team in her interview with the local news outlets. “We’ve actively been doing this (conserving energy and the environment) as a company for over 30 years,” said Perkins, Environmental, Health and Safety manager for Constantia Flexibles, moments after receiving the evening’s final award. “Our facility keeps materials, such as paper, plastic, cardboard, printer cartridges, electronics and more, out of the local landfill by recycling, reuse or repurposing. 

“One of our largest recycling efforts, the solvent recovery system, enables us to recover, and reuse solvent; saving the company money and keeping it out of the environment by disposing of it or burning it,” she added. “In addition to all we are currently doing to save energy and water, Constantia Flexibles – Clarksville takes an active approach in keeping our environmental impact down, and we are continuously finding new ways to reduce, reuse, recycle waste and to reduce energy. Just a few of our goals for the future are: reduce energy by changing to LED lamps throughout the facility, increase recycling of lead batteries through Bi-County and increase the purchase of recycled office products.”

Perkins credited employees for the certification, citing their willingness to uphold the company’s recycling and environmental procedures/efforts.