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Gaylord Texan partners with EPA to reduce pollution

The Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center will be recognized by EPA for reducing mercury throughout its facility.

As part of the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP), the resort will replace the fluorescent bulbs it currently uses in its 400,000 square feet of hotel and convention space with low-mercury bulbs. It will also recycle the mercury from the bulbs it replaces.

“Protecting public health and the environment is a team effort,” said EPA Regional Administrator Richard E. Greene.  “EPA is pleased to have the Gaylord Texan join us in making a positive environmental impact by cutting pollution.”

Located in Grapevine, the Gaylord Texan is the first hotel in the region’s five-state area to join the NPEP program.

NPEP is a voluntary program with more than 150 members from private and public organizations nationwide. The goal of the program is the reduction, reuse or recycling of 31 priority chemicals.  These priority chemicals have been targeted for reduction by EPA because of their ability to build up in the food chain and cause harm to humans and the ecosystem.

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