The North Texas Clean Air Coalition has honored Peterbilt Motors Company with its 2009 Clean Air Champion Award for the second year in a row as well as its Innovative Business of the Year Award
. The company received the awards at the NTCAC Annual Awards presentation in Fort Worth, Texas.

The clean air award was given to Peterbilt for its multiple air quality initiatives in the greater North Texas area, including employee commuting programs, no idling regulations on property, and ozone restricted landscaping.

"We are extremely proud to accept the Clean Air Champion award once again for our environmental efforts and pledge that we will continue to enrich our business and manufacturing efforts with practices to provide beneficial environmental outcomes," said Bill Jackson, Peterbilt general manager and Paccar vice president.

The truck manufacturer also took home the Innovative Business of the Year Award for its reduction of Hazardous Air Pollutants from its Denton, Texas, manufacturing facility.

"Our primary objective was to reduce emissions from our facilities and improve the air quality of our community," said Jackson. "We will continue to work proactively on additional technologies that benefit the overall air quality in North Texas."

"Peterbilt works to reduce our environmental impact throughout the manufacturing process as well as in our daily business operations," said Tony McQuary, Peterbilt's senior director of strategic business planning. "We have been highly successful in our recycling efforts and reduction of refuse, and have achieved the goal of Zero Waste to Landfill for our Denton facility."