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Guapo Skateboards joins EPA pollution reduction program

Guapo Skateboards, LLC, is one of the newest companies to join EPA’s national program for reducing priority chemicals.

The Dallas-based company will replace fluorescent bulbs in its warehouse and skateboard park with low-mercury bulbs as part of the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP).

"Each new partner that joins the effort to reduce pollution is helping create a cleaner, healthier environment," said EPA Regional Administrator Richard E. Greene."By joining this program, Guapo Skateboards is helping change our environment for the better, while also inspiring other companies to do the same."

Guapo Skateboards is the first skateboard company in the country to join the NPEP program. 

The NPEP program promotes the voluntary reduction of 31 priority chemicals. Through work with EPA, both public and private organizations identify activities that will reduce the use of these chemicals, preventing their ability to accumulate in the environment and cause harm to humans and the ecosystem.

More than 150 organizations nationwide have joined the NPEP program, which has set a goal of reducing the use or release of four million pounds of priority chemicals by 2011. 

Learn more about NPEP