The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services was awarded the National Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes DES for their continued efforts to promote the reduction of waste and to build working relationship with motor vehicle salvage yards (MVSY). Since 2003, the Solid Waste Management Bureau and the New Hampshire Pollution Prevention Program have worked together to encourage the implementation of best management practices at MVSY through a program they developed called the New Hampshire Green Yards.

Due to popular demand, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the Local Government Center provided another opportunity for local officials to receive free training to help them meet their responsibilities under RSA 236:111-129 for licensing auto salvage yards. The training workshop was held on March 19, 2007, in Concord.