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to Prevent Pollution?

What Can Local Governments and Communities Do to Prevent Pollution?

Environmental Recognition and Awards Programs

Case Studies of Pollution Prevention Champions

 

Contact DEQ

Regional Office
Waste Management and Remediation Managers

State Office
Pollution Prevention Program

Joanna Pierce

(208) 373-0146

Environmental Assistance:

What Can Businesses Do to Prevent Pollution?

 

Are You a

Pollution Prevention Champion?

If your business or organization has put pollution prevention to work at your facility, DEQ would like to hear from you!
 Think Pollution Prevention!

The best way to manage wastes is to reduce or eliminate them. First, map out your process to determine:

 
  • What products do I purchase?
  • What process do I use each product for?
  • What waste is generated from each process?


Then consider:

  • Can I use less raw material?
  • Can I modify the process to produce less waste?
  • Can a new technology help reduce waste?
  • Can I reuse the waste for another process?
  • Have I taken adequate precautions to avoid accidental generation of waste from spills or contaminated containers?
 
 Resources

Energy Conservation Tips for Businesses

(DEQ Fact Sheet, March 2001: pdf 34 kb, 1 page)

Energy Use, Reducing at the Office

(DEQ Fact Sheet, April 2001: pdf 35 kb, 2 pages)

Environmental Mentoring: Business to Business, Peer to Peer

(DEQ Report, November 2002, pdf 158 kb, 11 pages)

Summary of June 2002 workshop on the role of mentoring in achieving environmental results.

Pollution Prevention, A Business Guide to

(DEQ Manual, January 2002: pdf 1.4 mb, 62 pages)

Technical assistance on how to reduce production of hazardous and solid wastes, air emissions and, water discharges to the environment.

Water Conservation Tips for Businesses

(DEQ Fact Sheet, March 2001: pdf 24 kb, 1 page)



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