By: Haley S.R. No. 1113 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is especially 1-3 proud to recognize Baxter Healthcare Corporation which was recently 1-4 awarded the first annual Governor's Award for Environmental 1-5 Excellence in the nontechnical business category; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Texas Water Commission is sponsoring a 1-7 statewide campaign to reduce pollution and build environmental 1-8 citizenship--Clean Texas 2000; the Governor's Awards are the major 1-9 public recognition component of this campaign; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Baxter Healthcare Corporation has developed a 1-11 model recycling program and was chosen to receive one of the 14 1-12 awards from over 900 entries submitted from across the state; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Through their three-year-old "WECYCLE" program, 1-14 Baxter employees have reduced the amount of trash sent from the 1-15 facility for disposal each year from 200 tons to less than 10 and 1-16 has reduced its waste disposal cost 96.6 percent from $47,000 in 1-17 1990 to $2,050 in 1992; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Setting an ambitious goal to be waste free by 1-19 the end of the year, Baxter Healthcare Corporation has already 1-20 achieved 94.8 percent results; and 1-21 WHEREAS, Sharing their expertise and helping others 1-22 establish environmental programs, employees of Baxter Healthcare 1-23 Corporation have assisted the City of Jacksonville, Cherokee County, 2-1 and Tyler Junior College in setting up recycling projects; 2-2 additionally, the company plans a major Earth Day each year 2-3 as well as sponsoring a community recycling day; and 2-4 WHEREAS, The "WECYCLE" Team has sponsored a Waste 2-5 Minimization and Recycling Guide Book that has been distributed to 2-6 other Baxter facilities worldwide as well as to local industrial 2-7 and commercial businesses; and 2-8 WHEREAS, Funds generated from the Baxter facility's aluminum 2-9 can waste stream have been used to buy $4,500 worth of food, toys, 2-10 and other gifts for the less fortunate children of the community 2-11 through the "Jacksonville Children's Christmas Fund"; and 2-12 WHEREAS, The Baxter Healthcare Corporation is truly 2-13 deserving of the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence for 2-14 its splendid example of environmental citizenship and its 2-15 innovative recycling program; now, therefore, be it 2-16 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-17 73rd Legislature, hereby express its admiration for and deep 2-18 appreciation to the Baxter Healthcare Corporation; and, be it 2-19 further 2-20 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-21 employees of the company as an expression of the high regard of 2-22 the Texas Senate. 2-23 _____________________________________ 2-24 President of the Senate 2-25 I hereby certify that the 3-1 above Resolution was adopted by 3-2 the Senate on May 27, 1993. 3-3 _____________________________________ 3-4 Secretary of the Senate 3-5 _____________________________________ 3-6 Member, Texas Senate