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Ecology's Cleaner Production Challenge (CPC) was a voluntary resource conservation project that focused on wastewater and toxic sludge generation at metal finishing facilities. The project fostered collaboration between companies with similar processes and called upon endorser organizations to assist with outreach. Despite a concurrent economic downturn, Cleaner Production facilities saved 235 million gallons of water and $1.8 million. |
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The CPC Awards ceremony, held on May 9, 2005 to recognize the "cleaner production" facilities, reinforced their leadership role within the industry. They included 16 businesses and three military installations that met the Cleaner Production Challenge goal of 10 to 25 percent reduction in wastewater and sludge generation. The ceremony was enthusiastically attended by representatives of many of the CPC facilities. A total of 43 companies took part in the CPC. The 19 receiving awards generated 156 million gallons less wastewater and 384,000 pounds less sludge during the challenge period.
The CPC Team of Ecology toxics reduction staff and the Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center produced the Cleaner Production Challenge Toolkit.The team won the 2005 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention award from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable.
The Cleaner Production Challenge; A Voluntary Resource Conservation Effort, Final Report, summarizes CPC data.Cleaner Production Challenge Toolkit contains pollution prevention opportunities for metal finishers.
For more information on the Cleaner Production Challenge or for technical assistance, please contact:
| Northwest Region: | Rob Reuter | (425) 649-7086 |
| Southwest Region: | Tony Cooper | (360) 407-6330 |
| Central Region: | Mark Benedict | (509) 575-2803 |
| Eastern Region: | Rolfe Parsloe | (509) 329-3533 |
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