[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2481]
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    RECOGNIZING LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL'S EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL 
                               PROTECTION

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                          HON. ERNIE FLETCHER

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 18, 1999

  Mr. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend Lexmark 
International, an excellent corporate constituent headquartered in my 
District, that embodies the entrepreneurial spirit as well as the 
environmental consciousness required by a global corporation.
  Lexmark received the Kentucky Governor's Environmental Excellence 
Award on November 9, presented by Lt. Gov. Steve Henry and James E. 
Bickford, Secretary of the Natural Resources and Environmental 
Protection Cabinet, at the Governor's Conference on the Environment.
  Lexmark International was selected to receive this year's 
Environmental Excellence Award for Industrial Environmental Leadership 
because of the many steps it has taken to prevent pollution and 
encourage recycling. Since 1991, Lexmark has increased the amount of 
materials it recycles by about 70 percent. Last year, this Lexington-
based company recycled more than 4.3 million pounds of paper and one 
million pounds of scrap metal.
  Lexmark encourages its customers to recycle by offering them an 
incentive to return their empty laser printer cartridges through its 
Prebate program. Since the incentive began, Lexmark says that returns 
of empty toner cartridges have tripled, saving them from ending up in 
landfills.
  As we recognize America Recycles Day this week, I urge my colleagues 
and our constituents to help encourage environmental protection both at 
home and at work. I offer my congratulations to Lexmark International 
for setting such a positive example for others to replicate.

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