In 1995 Pottstown Plating received the Pennsylvania Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for outstanding achievement in this field. A photograph of the presentation with Governor Tom Ridge is shown. Pottstown Plating was the first job shop electroplater to receive this prestigious honor. Our goal was to reduce our wastes by 80%.. We achieved this by recycling rinse streams, eliminating cyanide cadmium plating, and replacing hexavalent chrome with trivalent chrome. The results were a reduction of rinse waters from 250,000 gallons per day to 100,000 gallons per day, and hazardous waste generation was reduced from 640 tons per year to less than 200 tons per year. This part of our business is never-ending, and we continue to strive for further advancements in this vital area.