Mon Power and East Fairmont High School
participate together in nationwide NexTrex challenge
FAIRMONT, W.Va., Nov. 28,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row,
FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) subsidiary Mon Power is teaming with
East Fairmont High School to collect plastic waste, including
items like bubble wrap, bread bags and shipping envelopes, as part
of the nationwide NexTrex challenge to promote sustainability
within communities across the United
States.
Watch a video about Mon Power's collection
efforts with East Fairmont High School.
Over the next year, Mon Power employees and East Fairmont students are tasked with
collecting 1,000 pounds of plastic. Mon Power employees have
already begun gathering plastic waste from their offices,
warehouses, service centers and regulated power plants. The
collected plastic materials are sent to a NexTrex processing
facility, where they are transformed into composite decking
materials that provide a durable and eco-friendly alternative to
traditional building materials.
Doc Garrett, environmental
technician at FirstEnergy: "Participating in different
challenges run by NexTrex gets our community and our employees
involved with a common goal of preventing tons of recyclable and
reusable plastic from going to the landfill. A lot of supplies
shipped to our facilities are wrapped in the type of plastic we can
collect and recycle."
Members of the public can participate in the challenge by
dropping off plastic waste at the designated bins set up inside the
main entrances of the Mon Power headquarters building in
Fairmont and its contact center
just down the road.
Visit the NexTrex website for a list of acceptable plastic
waste items.
This endeavor comes on the heels of Mon Power completing
NexTrex's recent community challenge, where employees collected
more than 500 pounds of plastic at its Harrison Power Station and office buildings over
the past six months.
In recognition of Mon Power's efforts, NexTrex awarded the
company with a bench made of recycled plastic. Employees will
place the bench near a community garden they are planning to plant
this coming spring at the Bartlett House, a homeless shelter in
Morgantown.
Your organization can enter a NexTrex challenge by
visiting: bit.ly/4631bUc
This is just one of the many initiatives organized and
implemented by FirstEnergy's Green Teams, groups of employee
volunteers committed to supporting environmental initiatives across
the company's six-state footprint. The teams also devote their time
and resources to programs like tree-planting events, electronics
recycling and beach cleanups.
Mon Power serves about 395,000 customers in 34 West Virginia counties. Follow Mon Power
at mon-power.com, on X, formerly known as
Twitter, @MonPowerWV, and on Facebook
at facebook.com/MonPowerWV.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and
operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form
one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving customers in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West
Virginia, Maryland and
New York. The company's
transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of
transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
regions. Follow FirstEnergy online
at firstenergycorp.com and on
X @FirstEnergyCorp.
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