Pollution Prevention for Aerospace and Aircraft

Aircraft manufacturers are reducing material inputs, re-engineering processes to reuse by-products, improving management practices, and substituting toxic chemicals with safer alternatives. Responsible manufacturing insures that our working families will enjoy health for years to come.

Top Pollution Prevention Tips for Electroplaters and Metal Finishers from Ecology's Technical Assistance staff

Pollution Prevention for Painting and Coatings from Ecology's Technical Assistance staff

Pollution Prevention for Military/ Federal Facilities from Ecology's Technical Assistance staff

Manage Waste for Aerospace/Aircraft Facilities tells what Aerospace Facilities need to know for waste-management compliance.

Metal Machining Sector Pollution Prevention Assessment and Guidance  Ecology publication

Cleaner Production Challenge This 2002 Ecology project assisted the metal-finishing, aerospace-parts- and circuit-board-manufacturing industries.  The Pollution Prevention Resources Center site contains many resources and ideas, especially in wastewater reduction.

Pollution Prevention Resource Center Topic Hubs™

The following are applicable Topic Hubs™ at the Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) website. The site includes background information, pollution prevention opportunities, reasons for change, where to go for help, and links to more information for and about this sector.

Aerospace Mercury-Thermostat

US Environmental Protection Agency Resources

The Compliance Assistance Sector Notebooks from EPA provide a holistic approach by integrating processes, applicable regulations and other relevant environmental information.

Aerospace Sector Compliance Assistance  Profile of the Air Transportation Industry

Related information

National Metal Finishing Resource Center is a National Compliance Assistance Center jointly funded by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Environmental Protection Agency.