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• There is responsibility and accountability for P2 results:
• Many facilities tie waste and emissions accountability to the generating
operation.
• Facility P2 teams know their plant culture and pattern the program to
that culture.
• Recognition sustains employees motivation:
• Immediate recognition of early accomplishments helps establish the
P2 program.
• Facility- or corporate-level recognition programs help sustain employee
motivation.
• Company resources support facility P2 programs:
• Facilities have access to corporate resources for program implementation.
• Facilities use external resources to aid their P2 program (i.e., corporate
engineering, marketing, research, laboratories, outside suppliers).
• Effective communication increases P2 awareness:
• Have communication process within the facility.
• Have communication process with the community.
• P2 is integrated into premanufacturing decisions:
• P2 begins at research, development, and design phases of the product
or process life.
• Facilities work with equipment and raw material suppliers and customers
to help identify P2 opportunities for products and processes.
• Facilities use new technology to achieve significant improvement (ADEQ
2006).
VOLUNTARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
A number of states, including New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Iowa,
and Colorado, have voluntary P2 programs that provide free, confidential P2
technical assistance without the risk of regulatory enforcement. These programs
often include site visits, technical research, training seminars, grants, clearinghouse programs, pilot-scale testing of P2 equipment, laboratory analyses, and
economic analyses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. 2006. Pollution Prevention: About the Program.
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/p2/about.html (accessed December 16, 2009).
California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office
of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development. 2006. Guidance Manual for
Complying with the Hazardous Waste Reduction and Management Review Act of 1989.
California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. 2003. Proposition 65 in Plain Language. Sacramento, CA.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. 2009. Pollution Prevention Program.
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/p2_program/index.html (accessed December 16, 2009).
Geiser, K., and M. Rossi. 1995. Toxics Chemical Management in Massachusetts: The Second
Report on Further Chemical Restriction Policies. Lowell: University of Massachusetts
Lowell.
Pollution Prevention Planning
• There is responsibility and accountability for P2 results:
• Many facilities tie waste and emissions accountability to the generating
operation.
• Facility P2 teams know their plant culture and pattern the program to
that culture.
• Recognition sustains employees motivation:
• Immediate recognition of early accomplishments helps establish the
P2 program.
• Facility- or corporate-level recognition programs help sustain employee
motivation.
• Company resources support facility P2 programs:
• Facilities have access to corporate resources for program implementation.
• Facilities use external resources to aid their P2 program (i.e., corporate
engineering, marketing, research, laboratories, outside suppliers).
• Effective communication increases P2 awareness:
• Have communication process within the facility.
• Have communication process with the community.
• P2 is integrated into premanufacturing decisions:
• P2 begins at research, development, and design phases of the product
or process life.
• Facilities work with equipment and raw material suppliers and customers
to help identify P2 opportunities for products and processes.
• Facilities use new technology to achieve significant improvement (ADEQ
2006).
VOLUNTARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
A number of states, including New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Iowa,
and Colorado, have voluntary P2 programs that provide free, confidential P2
technical assistance without the risk of regulatory enforcement. These programs
often include site visits, technical research, training seminars, grants, clearinghouse programs, pilot-scale testing of P2 equipment, laboratory analyses, and
economic analyses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. 2006. Pollution Prevention: About the Program.
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/p2/about.html (accessed December 16, 2009).
California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office
of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development. 2006. Guidance Manual for
Complying with the Hazardous Waste Reduction and Management Review Act of 1989.
California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. 2003. Proposition 65 in Plain Language. Sacramento, CA.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. 2009. Pollution Prevention Program.
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/p2_program/index.html (accessed December 16, 2009).
Geiser, K., and M. Rossi. 1995. Toxics Chemical Management in Massachusetts: The Second
Report on Further Chemical Restriction Policies. Lowell: University of Massachusetts
Lowell.