EPA recognizes Wegmans for its store brand cleaning products

Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the company as an outstanding Safer Choice Retailer under its Partner of the Year Awards program. For the second year in a row, Wegmans won for fostering awareness of the Safer Choice program and committing to offering cleaning products that meet Safer Choice standards. It carries a line of Wegmans brand cleaning products made with safer ingredients, as well as several national brand products bearing the Safer Choice logo.

The award was presented in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., and accepted by Wegmans Category Merchant Dave Tantillo, Sustainability Manager Jason Wadsworth, and Wegmans Brand Product Manager Juan Sanchez.

EPA’s Partner of the Year Awards recognize organizations for demonstrated leadership in furthering safer chemistry and products. To qualify for the Safer Choice label, a product must meet EPA’s Safer Choice Standard, which includes stringent human and environmental health criteria. When this label appears on a product, it means the EPA has evaluated each ingredient for potential human health and environmental effects, the retailer said.

“Our goal is to offer effective cleaning products that are Safer Choice-certified whenever possible because we believe it’s the right thing to do,” Tantillo said. “Safer Choice is the seal of approval we want our customers to become familiar with, understand and trust as products that are safer for their families and the environment.”