Danville, VA –BLUE RIDGE FIBERBOARD INCORPORATED won the Virginia NASCAR Green/E3 Challenge at Martinsville Speedway on October 1st for demonstrating outstanding commitment to sustainability and world-class business practices. The Virginia NASCAR Green/E3 Challenge was hosted by the federal initiative, E3: Economy, Energy, Environment; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and NASCAR Green and recognizes participants in manufacturing who are a part for the Virginia E3 program (VA E3) who demonstrate data-driven impacts based on improving their triple bottom line. VA E3 participants engage in a series of assessments that help transform their business through recommendations that reduce environmental impact, improve efficiency and generate significant financial gains. E3 combines the resources of six federal agencies with the intent of fostering sustainable manufacturing with action-oriented initiatives. Involved agencies include the U.S. Commerce Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Department of Labor. BLUE RIDGE FIBERBOARD is helping to build a greener future with products not only designed for high performance and quality but with the needs of the environment as a primary focus. BLUE RIDGE FIBERBOARD products consist of pre-consumer content (wood chips). The binding agent used in the making of Blue Ridge fiberboard is also an all-natural product, consisting of vegetable starch containing no added formaldehydes. BLUE RIDGE FIBERBOARD’s manufacturing process is specially designed to be environmentally friendly and accommodating, minimizing post-industrial waste by actively recycling waste materials back in to the process.
