Pittsburgh's Great Race Receives PRC's 2010 Zero Waste Sustainability Award

PRC's Executive Director Bob Jondreau, and Regional Director Dave Mazza presented the award to Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Great Race Director Mike Radley during a ceremony in City Council chambers on October 21, 2010.

Additional "Greening" initiatives include the planting of trees along the Eliza Furnace Trail, printing race applications on recycled paper using only soy based inks, using shuttle buses to transport runners and walkers to the start lines, encouraging the use of online (paperless) registration and donating leftover food to local homeless shelters.