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Pollution Prevention

• Pollution Prevention Information and Planning - Pollution prevention planning is required for many businesses. Pollution prevention practices benefit industry by lowering a company's operational and environmental compliance costs by reducing or preventing the generation of waste.
• Pollution Prevention by Business Type offers busesiness sector-specific opportunities for process changes and safer alternatives for dangerous waste.
• Local Source Control Partnership - Ecology works with local governments throughout the state to help small businesses control, reduce, or eliminate toxic pollution sources.
• Pollution Prevention Resources for Schools and Analytical Labs - Ecology is working with businesses and schools to find safer alternatives to reduce, or even eliminate the use of toxic metals.
• REACH Chemical Policy Workshops is a record of European Union REACH (Chemicals Policy) workshops from 2006–2007 to educate business on the overhaul of the European Union’s chemical management system.
• Toxic Metals Prevention Project is a focused pollution prevention sector project that works to eliminate toxic metals from Washington Pollution Prevention planners' processes.
• Lean and the Environment practices benefit industry by lowering costs, improving product and service quality, and reducing lead times, while reducing environmental waste and impact. See how your business can benefit.
• Technical Resources For Engineering Efficiency (TREE) offers free engineering assistance from the TREE team can improve your business' efficiency, make less waste, and save money.
• Toxics Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) A record of the activities of the committee which recommended changes to Washington's Pollution Prevention Planning law and fees in 2008.
• Governor's Award for Sustainable Practices is an award honoring businesses that have shown outstanding leadership in preventing pollution and moving toward sustainability. Due to lack of funds, the Governor's Award for Sustainable Practices is on indefinite hiatus.
• Cleaner Production Challenge was a technical assistance project for companies in the aerospace parts manufacturing, plating and circuit board manufacturing industries.
• Green Chemistry is using the the principles of Green Chemistry to help Washington State businesses be more profitable and competitive while protecting the environment.
• Assessing the Safety of Chemical Alternatives  Ecology is developing guidance to help business and industry identify safer alternatives to toxic chemicals. We are working with seven other states to develop an "alternatives assessment" document. Join the listserve to give your input and get updates.

 

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