密西根福特卡司德國家公墓（Fort Custer National Cemetery）技術人員特利舒（Tim Trittschuh），負責工作是讓多過90件的設備順利運作。該墓園幅地約311萬公尺而且設立超過2萬個墳墓。
特利舒盡量以生質柴油和黃豆基質來源的潤滑劑取代石油製成的燃料和潤滑劑。他表示︰「我們使用的所有產品都能運作，效能甚至比非生質推動的設備部份更好，而且設備本身也運作正常。」
他的努力使得福特卡司德國家墓園今年獲頒白宮「同心協力環保獎」（Closing the Circle Award）。該獎項榮耀具傑出表現的聯邦政府員工以及他們的設備是利於環保的，是在1998年由科林頓總統透過行政命令而成立。
今年從200位被提名者中脫穎而出17位得獎者和13位優異獎者，涵蓋領域包括環境管理系統、污染防治、回收、綠色產品採購、替代燃料、永續建築和電子產品管理經營。
Keeping more than 90 pieces of equipment running smoothly at Michigan's Fort Custer National Cemetery, a 770-acre facility with more than 20,000 graves, is the job of mechanic Tim Trittschuh.
He has replaced petroleum-based fuel and lubricants at the cemetary with biodiesel blends and soy biobased lubricants wherever possible.
"All of the products we've used have worked as well, or better, than their non-biobased counterparts, and the equipment they are used in is performing normally," says Trittschuh.
These efforts led to Fort Custer National Cemetery being honored with a 2007 White House Closing the Circle Award. The awards recognize outstanding achievements of federal employees and their facilities that result in positive environmental impacts.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton established the Closing the Circle Awards program by executive order.
This year, 17 winners and 13 honorable mentions were selected from nearly 200 nominations in the areas of environmental management system, pollution prevention, recycling, green product purchasing, alternative fuels, sustainable building, and electronics stewardship.
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