MLPA names 2019 environmental award winners

The Missouri Limestone Producers Association (MLPA) selected six companies comprising 32 sites for its 2019 MLPA Environmental Award.

The following companies and their respective sites were selected as the 2019 award winners:

Eighteen Central Stone Co. sites were recognized, including Antonia Quarry; Paris Quarry; Bethel Quarry; Butler Hill Quarry; Curryville Quarry; Ewing Quarry; Ft. Bellefontaine Quarry; Huntington Quarry; Edina Quarry; LaGrange Sand & Gravel; Morse Mill Quarry; Moscow Mills Quarry; New London Quarry; Newark Quarry; North Quarry; Potosi Quarry; St. Francois Quarry; and Taylor Quarry.

Five Fred Weber sites, including Festus Stone; Iron Mountain Trap Rock; New Melle; North Stone; and South Stone.

Four Delta Companies sites were recognized, including Dexter Sand & Gravel; Heartland Materials; Southeast Missouri Stone Co.; and Williamsville Stone Co.

Two Conco Quarries sites were recognized, including Galloway Quarry and Willard Quarry.

Two Erlen Group sites were recognized, including Joplin Stone and Westside Stone.

And Specialty Granules‘ Annapolis Plant was also recognized by MLPA.

“These Missouri companies have demonstrated leadership in the field of environmental protection and being good stewards of the state’s natural resources,” says Lina Klein, chair of the MLPA Environmental Committee. “The Missouri Limestone Producers Association is proud to recognize these companies for their efforts in setting a standard that all Missouri aggregate operations should strive to achieve.”

This was the first year of the MLPA Environmental Awards program, following a year of discussion and work by the MLPA Environmental Committee. According to MLPA, the program was launched last fall with the goal of rewarding companies who take positive steps in their own environmental policies and practices to help enhance the public perception of the aggregate industry.

MLPA was organized in 1944 to promote and protect the interests of crushed stone operators located or doing business in the state of Missouri. The association is involved in legislative issues, state and federal regulatory matters, community and public relations, and marketing of crushed stone products.