Public transportation agency C-Tran is the latest organization to receive certification from the Clark County Green Business program.
The certification recognizes the agency for its efforts to operate efficiently and reduce its impact on the environment.
C-Tran earned the certification by demonstrating a commitment to recycling and waste-reduction programs as well as energy efficiency and pollution prevention.
“Sustainability is at the core of what we do as a public transportation provider, and we’re thrilled to join the Clark County Green Business program as a certified green business,” C-TRAN Public Affairs Coordinator Eric Florip said in a news release. “We look forward to supporting this great program and collaborating with other members to further improve our own green practices.”
The Green Business Program offers resources and assistance to businesses and agencies to help them reduce their environmental impacts and offer employees healthy workplaces. The program, in coordination with Clark County Public Health, recognizes and celebrates these achievements with a Green Business certification.
C-Tran transports more than 6 million passengers each year. More than half of C-Tran’s fixed-route fleet vehicles are hybrid buses. According to the release, C-Tran has plans to introduce fully electric buses to its fleet.
C-Tran’s green team meets regularly to plan initiatives. Its recycling programs go farther than paper and plastic as the agency participates in a special program to recycle cigarette butts from Vine stations. C-Tran also installed water bottle filling stations for employees and electric vehicle charging stations at the Fisher’s Landing Transit Center to serve community members with electric vehicles.
“I am proud to welcome C-TRAN into the Green Business program,” Sarah Keirns, environmental outreach specialist at Clark County Public Health said in the release. “The green team is great to work with, and they deserve recognition for their efforts.”
