In this GreenBiz article, the most recent in the P2 Pathways series, author Ken Zarker from Washington State Department of Ecology’s Pollution Prevention and Regulatory Assistance Section, discusses the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 and how its beneficial to look at lessons learned from states action on chemicals management to help craft a workable national solution.
Read other P2 Pathways columns at http://www.greenbiz.com/business/engage/enterprise-blogs/p2-pathways.
The webinar archive is available for viewing at https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/280645215. If you view the archive, please fill out the webinar evaluation at https://illinois.edu/sb/sec/2218068. Your feedback helps us improve to better meet your information needs. The evaluation form will be available until August 1, 2013.
The slides from the webinar are available for download at http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44849.
TRI.NET, a downloadable application that allows you to select, sort and filter TRI data, is available at http://www.epa.gov/tri/tridotnet/. This tool allows you combine TRI with other data sources, display your results on a map, and export your results into other applications for further analysis.
Links to TRI P2 materials, as well as many other resources useful to P2 practitioners, are available on GLRPPR’s Pollution Prevention 101 LibGuide. The guide is continuously updated to bring you the tools to help you do your job better.
If you have questions or or comments about the TRI’s P2 data tools, you can contact Daniel Teitelbaum directly at Teitelbaum.daniel@epa.gov or call him at (202) 566-0964.
View archives of previous GLRPPR webinars here.
Read the full story in Waste & Recycling News.
As more of our nation’s cities move toward zero waste policies, the traditional hauling and disposal industry is faced with the tough decision: adapt or die.
The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable’s MVP2 awards are designed to recognize outstanding and innovative pollution prevention and green chemistry projects and programs.
The application deadline for the 2013 MVP2 Awards is Monday, July 1, 2013. Guidelines, criteria, and application forms can be found on the NPPR website at http://www.p2.org/mvp2-awards/.
You can view past award recipients at http://www.p2.org/mvp2-awards/past-mvp2-recipients/.
On Tuesday, June 4 at 2:30 pm CDT, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable will present “Using the TRI P2 Data Tool”. Join Daniel Teitelbaum from U.S. EPA’s TRI Program to learn how to use the new TRI P2 data tool and discover how this rich data source can help you improve your technical assistance to clients. Register at https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/280645215
On Wednesday June 5 at 2 1-2 pm CDT, EPA will present a webinar entitled “New Ways to Showcase Sustainability in Your 2012 TRI Report”. This training is designed to help facilities prepare for the July 1st TRI reporting deadline. In it, companies can learn how to complete the pollution prevention (P2) portion of the TRI reporting form, which gives facilities the opportunity to report and describe P2 activities and other environmentally-friendly practices related to TRI-listed toxic chemicals. Providing this information allows EPA to present a more complete picture of a facility’s management of toxic chemicals and helps make TRI a more effective tool for highlighting and promoting P2 successes. To register, visit https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/178660521.
A recent post in the Marine Debris Blog examines the debris issue in the Great Lakes.
In the most recent P2 Pathways column, author Natalie Hummel, US EPA, discusses how converting waste from one company into a feedstock stream for another can generate revenue while reducing virgin material and energy use.
Read past P2 Pathways columns at http://www.greenbiz.com/business/engage/enterprise-blogs/p2-pathways.
Read the full story in Environmental Leader.
An online tool to help dairies calculate their environmental footprint is being tested by producers, the Innovation Center for US Dairy says.
Farm Smart currently focuses on voluntary self-assessment in four areas: energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality and water use. But future versions of the tool will help producers identify and assess sustainable agriculture management practices to make dairies more cost-efficient and productive, the industry group says. For example, the tool can help a dairy producer considering conservation tillage or precision fertilizer practices estimate reductions in input costs and GHG emissions, says Doug Young, general partner of Spruce Haven Farm and Research Center in Union Springs, NY.
Four students in grades 6-8 are winners in ACHD’s 14th Annual Environmental Poster Contest, held each year in commemoration of Earth Day.
The theme of this year’s contest was “Pollution Prevention Starts With You!”
Students were asked to create 11″x17″posters that will show us what they can do to prevent pollution in their own home, school, or neighborhood.
View the winning posters at http://www.achd.net/air/2013postercontest/.
Read the full story from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. (BNYDC), the not-for-profit corporation that manages the 300-acre industrial park, is being recognized by the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) for a campus-wide solid waste and recycling program that has generated positive environmental and economic benefits for the Yard and its 330 tenants.
The industrial park that spans Brooklyn’s Flushing Avenue earned NYSP2I’s Advancement in Cleaner Production Award for creating an eco-industrial model that has made a significant environmental and economic impact in North Brooklyn. These include:
- Reducing waste-handling costs for tenants by an average of 27 percent
- Eliminating 1,600 tons of waste going to area landfills
- Reducing carting traffic by 90 percent resulting in a reduced carbon footprint
BNYDC received the award after successfully implementing the recommendations of the Industrial Technology Assistance Corp. (ITAC), which assessed and recommended an integrated strategy to address the industrial park’s growing waste-management challenges. ITAC guided the initial implementation of the pilot program and will continue to manage the expansion of the program throughout the Yard as well. ITAC, one of NYSP2I’s partner Regional Technology Development Centers, is a not-for-profit consulting and training organization dedicated to growing New York City manufacturing and technology companies. NYSP2I, which is managed and operated at Rochester Institute of Technology, presented the award to BNYDC during a ceremony at the Yard’s Building 3, the site of the pilot program.
