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EPA Announces Winners of the ‘Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling
Challenge for Students
WASHINGTON (June 9, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) announced the winners of the “Pollution Prevention Works: A
Storytelling Challenge for Students.” The winning stories include essays,
infographics, videos and a mock newspaper article and highlight how pollution
prevention (P2) practices that were implemented at businesses benefitted
communities, the environment and the businesses themselves. More than 50 high
school and college students from across the nation submitted stories for
consideration.
“It is exciting to celebrate these students that will help shape our
future.  With their stories, we are increasing awareness of the benefits and
practice of pollution prevention,” said EPA Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant Administrator Jennie Romer. “I
congratulate these talented students for their creativity in highlighting
innovative pollution prevention solutions that can help protect human health
and the environment.”
To increase awareness and showcase P2 activities, the Challenge invited high
school and college students to use EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) P2
Search Tool to identify an industrial facility or set of facilities in the
U.S. that have reported implementing P2 practices that reduced, eliminated or
prevented pollution at its source. The students then were challenged to tell a
compelling story about how those P2 practices resulted in positive benefits
for the business and the surrounding community and environment. By sharing
these stories of real life examples on YouTube and EPA’s website, students
as well as the public, can learn about pollution prevention activities in
their community. These stories also provide businesses insight into how others
are continually improving their business practices to help protect our
environment.
The 2023 winners of the Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge
for Students are:
First Place ($5,000)
Shreya Daggolu, Stuyvesant High School, New York, created a video that focuses
on the Ravenswood Generating Station in Long Island City, New York. The video
details efforts to reduce toxic chemical emissions at the facility and improve
the health of the 1.2 million people who live within three miles of the plant
– including many low-income and minority residents.
Annaliese Persaud, Francisco Suriel, Jasmin Tiong-Smith, Samaya Lindo-Smellie,
and Jordyn Faria, Baldwin School, New York, created a mock newscast that
highlights P2 practices implemented at the Ravenswood Generating Station in
Long Island City, New York. In the video, a mock news reporter interviews
students playing a host of characters including local residents and a
scientist about how the P2 improvements positively impacted the public and
environmental health in nearby neighborhoods.
Noah Arbuckle, Lincoln Academy, Maine, created a video that features
the semiconductor manufacturing company GlobalFoundries and the P2 activities
implemented at its facility in Essex Junction, Vermont. The video describes
activities to reduce releases of chemicals on the TRI list including ethylene
glycol, fluorine, hydrochloric acid and ammonia, resulting in reduced impacts
on the environment, especially on local waterways.
Athitiya Singhapan, Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions,
Texas, created a video that illustrates P2 practices implemented at the Danone
Milk Manufacturing Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The video explains how
Danone reduced its nitric acid releases, benefiting local communities. 
Second Place ($2,500)
Angela Zhan, Logan High School, Utah
Kelvin Zhang, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, North
Carolina
Tahmina Emu, Fairfield University, Connecticut
Third Place ($1,500)
Nirja Trivedi, Westview High School, California
Calla Shosh, Natrona County High School, Wyoming
Aditi Adapala, Lynbrook High School, California
Joseph Bartash, Samueli Academy, California
Miranda Moreno, Jesus Moreno, Stefany Duran Rios, Vanessa Martinez, and
Carolina Naranjo, Garey High School California
Arin Harkawat, Watchung Hills Regional High School, New Jersey
Charlotte Walton, Lloyd C. Bird High School, Virginia
Arun Sood, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Diane Frola, Christopher Newport University, Virginia
Fatou Mbaye, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North
Carolina
See the winning entries and read more about the winners.
Read more about EPA’s Pollution Prevention program.
Read more about EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory program.
Details on the Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for
Students
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