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2006 Pollution Prevention Grants Recipients
Results of FY06 Region 2 Pollution Prevention Grants
| Number
of Proposals Received |
12 |
Number
of awards issued |
4 |
EPA Regional
P2 Coordinator: Alex Peck
Project Summaries
Rowan
University, Department of Chemical Engineering 
Project Title:
Advancing P2 in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
EPA Funding: $132,967
Project Summary: This project will assist
the pharmaceutical industry in New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico in
source reduction, pollution prevention, and green engineering design through
an engineering clinic outreach program. The grantee will work with certain
pharmaceutical companies to achieve process improvements that will result
in measurable quantities of waste reduced, energy conserved and dollars
saved. Efforts like these will encourage the uptake of green engineering,
chemistry and pollution prevention concepts within the overall pharmaceutical
sector.
Contact Information: Dr. C. Stewart Slater, slater@rowan.edu
Rutgers
University, AMIPP Advanced Polymer Center
Project Title: Pollution source reduction via the use
of waste paint as feedstocks for moldable plastics – a demonstration
and technology transfer project
EPA Funding: $61,410
Project Summary: This project promotes change
in the plastic processing sector by facilitating the substitution of virgin
raw material with paint components. Specifically, this project will focus
on new technologies that permit reclaimed resins from the high volume
paint sector utilized as a raw material for the plastics molding industry.
These reclaimed raw materials, which will displace virgin petroleum based
raw materials, will be incorporated into high volume products such as
bookshelves, storage bins and similar consumer and industrial products.
The implementation of this technology will reduce the amount of virgin
raw materials consumed by the plastic industry while providing a viable
and market-driven mechanism to manage waste paint.
Contact Information: Dr. Richard Lehman, rllehman@rutgers.edu
Cornell
University, Environmental Risk Analysis Program
Project Title: Agricultural Plastic Films: Fostering
Extended Product Responsibility as a Means of Preventing Pollution from
Open Burning
EPA Funding: $99,250
Project Summary: Cornell University will work with farmers,
producers of agricultural plastic film and purchasers of recycled material
to reduce the amount of agricultural plastic films that are burned in
open fires. The burning of the plastics creates serious health risks.
This project will establish a baseline for the amount of plastics currently
burned on farms, design a sustainable stewardship program and support
implementation of the program.
Contact Information: Dr. Lois Levitan, lcl3@cornell.edu
New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Pollution Prevention
Unit
Project Title: College Intern Program to Promote Green
Manufacturing; Pollution Prevention; and Energy and Water Conservation
EPA Funding: $150,000
Project Summary: This program will provide graduate student
interns to an estimated 15 businesses that span six specific sectors:
plastics, pharmaceuticals, energy/biofuels; paper/pulp manufacturing;
electronics; and chemical operations. The interns will provide the businesses
with technical assistance in the areas of green manufacturing, source
reduction, and energy and water conservation. The effectiveness of this
effort will be assessed through the collection of metrics.
Contact Information: Mr. Dennis Lucia, djlucia@gw.dec.state.ny.us