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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Transit Authority has satisfied strict international standards for both environmental protection and efficient management.
In doing so, the UTA figures it saved $1.3 million in business costs and cut 3 million pounds from its greenhouse-gas emissions.
The two certifications from the International Organization of Standardization prove that UTA holds itself to higher standards than most transit agencies, which may have one or the other of the certificates but not both, said John Inglish, UTA general manager.
"What's already come out of this is a lot less pollutants in the air," Inglish said Thursday.
Using ISO standards saved the transit agency $675,000 in fuel and $63,000 in labor costs by reducing bus idling time, $72,000 in print shop labor, $500,000 by recycling industrial waste water and $4,000 by recycling used motor oil, the UTA said.
Adhering to the environmental management standards reduced UTA pollution by 2,484 pounds of particulate matter, 91,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide and more than 3 million pounds of carbon dioxide, it said.
Other Utah companies that have received ISO environmental management certification are Kennecott Land, AutoLiv in Ogden, Circle Four Farms in Milford and Hexcel (formerly Hercules-Aerospace, Composite Products) in West Valley City.
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