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| AGRICULTURE |
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Northwest Coalition
for Alternatives to Pesticides - Free downloadable publications |
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| ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES |
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| EV World
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EV World commenced publication officially on January 1, 1998. Our
objective is to provide a human face to the topic of sustainable
transportation with a focus on the people, as well as the technology. |
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| ASSISTANCE
PROVIDERS |
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| Iowa Waste Reduction Center - Since 1988, the IWRC has
provided environmental solutions for small businesses through on-site
reviews, P2 assistance, education, training and applied research. |
Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance
Program - The Small Business Environmental Assistance Program(SBEAP)
provides small businesses with technical assistance to achieve environmental
regulatory compliance. The program supports companies in their effort
to prevent pollution and to improve the bottom line by improving
the company's environmental performance. |
| Missouri Enterprise Our mission is to help you
enhance your productivity, expand your production, increase your
sales and improve your profitability. |
Missouri Department
of Natural Resources Environmental Assistance Office EAO helps businesses, farmers,
local governments and individuals control or prevent pollution. |
| Nebraska Manufacturing Extension Partnership The Nebraska Manufacturing
Extension Partnership (MEP) is a cooperative effort involving government
and education based service organizations that provides business
and technical services to manufacturers and processors throughout
the State of Nebraska. |
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| AUTOMOTIVE |
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| CCAR-Greenlink - CCAR is a partnership
of industry, education and government collaborating to meet today's
environmental challenges. |
Pollution Prevention for Auto
Repair and Fleet Maintenance - Fact sheets providing complete
environmental, technical and economic evaluations of the top pollution
prevention "fixes" for auto repair and fleet maintenance operations. |
| BUILDING |
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| BEES The BEES (Building for Environmental
and Economic Sustainability) software brings to your fingertips
a powerful technique for selecting cost-effective, environmentally-preferable
building products. |
Green Rider -
The Green Rider provides information on EPA's programs that promote
environmentally and economically sound building practices. |
| Greener
Practices for Business, Site Development and Site Cleanups: A Toolkit
- More and more businesses, communities and developers
are realizing direct and indirect benefits from embracing greener
practices. A business may reduce its regulatory burden and
operating costs by decreasing its environmental emissions or discharges
through reduced quantity or toxicity of inputs and wastes. |
U.S. Green Building Council The US Green Building Council
is the building industry's only balanced nonprofit consensus coalition
promoting the understanding, development and accelerated implementation
of "Green Building" policies, programs, technologies, standards
and design practices. |
| COATINGS |
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| CAGE - Coating Alternatives Guide - help users identify low-volatile
organic compound/hazardous air pollutant coatings that may serve
as drop-in replacements for existing coating operations. |
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| COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE |
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| CCAR-Greenlink - CCAR is a partnership
of industry, education and government collaborating to meet today's
environmental challenges. |
ChemAlliance ChemAlliance is your source
of up-to-date information concerning the environmental regulations
affecting the chemical industry. ChemAlliance is operated by a partnership
of environmental professionals in academia, government and industry. |
| National Metal Finishing Resource Center The Resource Center is being
designed to be the most substantial, comprehensive environmental
compliance, technical assistance and pollution prevention information
source available. |
U.S. EPA Compliance Assistance Links - A listing of the EPA Compliance Assistance Centers and information on contacting EPA Region 7. |
| COMPOSTING |
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| US Composting Council - The USCC is a trade and professional organization
promoting compost. We provide a unified voice for the growing composting
industry. |
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| EMS |
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| P2Pays-
This site serves to provide background and technical information
regarding the ISO 14000 family of standards, ISO 14001 and Environmental
Management Systems. |
Environmental Management System Publications- A collection of EMS publications developed by the U.S. EPA. |
| ENERGY |
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| Brightfields - Incorporating solar and other renewable
energy technologies into the reuse of industrial properties makes
economic and environmental sense. This effort can serve as a national,
even international model for the kind of development that promotes
livable communities. |
Buy Energy Efficient - A consumer guide to buying energy efficient
products for the home. |
| CADDET - CADDET stands for Centre for Analysis and Dissemination
of Demonstrated Energy Technologies. It is an international information
network that helps managers, engineers, architects and researchers
find out about renewable energy and energy-saving technologies that
have worked in other countries. |
Consortium for Energy Efficiency
- CEE is a national, non-profit organization that
promotes energy-efficient products and services. |
| EERE The EERE mission is to strengthen
America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality
in public-private partnerships that: Enhance energy efficiency and
productivity; Bring clean, reliable and affordable energy technologies
to the marketplace; and Make a difference in the everyday lives
of Americans by enhancing their energy choices and their quality
of life. |
Efficient
Windows Collaborative - This web site provides unbiased information on
the benefits of energy-efficient windows, descriptions of how they
work, and recommendations for their selection and use. |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse - Your comprehensive resource
for energy efficiency and renewable energy information. |
Energy Guide Advice about today's energy
choices. Lower your bills, avoid confusion, and help the earth's
environment. |
| EnergyStar - ENERGY
STAR offers businesses and consumers energy efficient solutions
-- helping to save money while protecting the environment for future
generations. |
EnergyStar
Calculate Your Savings - This simple savings tool
can help you make the most economical purchases for your facilities
by providing an estimate of potential savings. |
| Home Energy Checkup You can select from among
14 kinds of energy efficiency choices, see how much money and pollution
you can save, find out where to get energy efficient products, and
get tips on how to act on your choices. |
Home Energy Saver The Home Energy Saver is
designed to help consumers identify the best ways to save energy
in their homes, and find the resources to make the savings happen. |
| Million Solar Roofs The Million Solar Roofs
Initiative is an ambitious plan. But bringing solar energy to a
million public and private U.S. rooftops—and the environmental
and economic benefits that come with it—is worthy of everyone's
attention. |
Office of Industrial Technologies Teams of engineering faculty
and students from the centers, located at 26 universities around
the country, conduct energy audits or industrial assessments and
provide recommendations to manufacturers to help them identify opportunities
to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy. |
| Residential Energy Efficiency Software
- This program shows effective ways to reduce home energy consumption.
Topics include insulation, windows, doors, weather-stripping, and
caulking. The expert system feature allows users to calculate how
much they will save by making their homes more energy efficient. |
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| FUEL CELLS |
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| California
Fuel Cell Partnership-
The California Fuel Cell Partnership expects to place up to 60 fuel
cell vehicles on the road by the end of 2003. In addition to testing
the fuel cell vehicles, the partnership is examining fuel infrastructure
issues and beginning to prepare the California market for this new
technology. |
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| GARMENT & TEXTILE |
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| U.S. EPA Design for
the Environment Garment & Textile Care Program - The
Design for the Environment (DfE) Garment and Textile Care Program
is committed to promoting environmentally benign alternative
technologies for garment and textile care through a systems approach
to the development, fabrication, manufacture, distribution, and
care of garments and textile products. |
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| GENERAL |
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| Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence Welcome to The Air Force
Center for Environmental Excellence website. This site provides
our customers with a look at the complete range of world class services
and products we offer. |
Cost Analysis for Pollution Prevention - Publication that walks
you through the process of evaluating the costs and cost savings
that may be realized by implementing Pollution Prevention recommendations. |
| Department of Energy - Office of Industrial Technologies - OIT creates partnerships
among industry, trade groups, government agencies, and other organizations
to research, develop, and deliver advanced energy efficiency, renewable
energy, and pollution prevention technologies for industrial customers. |
EnviroLink - The EnviroLink Network
is a non-profit organization which has been providing access to
thousands of online environmental resources since 1991. |
| Enviro$en$e - Enviro$en$e provides
a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance,
and enforcement information and data bases. |
Western Regional Pollution Prevention Network P2-West is an interactive
information exchange network designed to bring you up-to date information
on Pollution Prevention/Source Reduction. |
| Greenbiz - The nonprofit GreenBiz.com works to harness
the power of technology to bring environmental information, resources,
and tools to the mainstream business community. |
Joint Service Pollution Prevention Technical
Library and the "Official" Navy EMS Library The Joint Service P2 Technical
Library is the single comprehensive resource for information on
equipment, technologies, and management practices that reduce or
eliminate the generation, disposal, and release of pollutants at
joint service installations. The P2 Technical Library is an excellent
source of the lessons learned and success stories throughout the
joint services, and is useful for researching pollution prevention
opportunities during P2 plan development and other projects. |
| Modern Industrial
Assessments: A Training Manual Modern Industrial Assessments:
A Training Manual represents the effort made by the United States'
Department of Energy to provide technical training to a range of
potential end users interested in performing industrial assessments
at small to medium sized manufacturing plants and the effort of
course instructor's to provide the best training methods and materials
to the new industrial assessors. Industrial assessments, as discussed
in this manual, refer to detailed reviews of existing operations
with an eye to improving productivity in any of a number of ways. |
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable The National Pollution Prevention
Roundtable is the largest membership organization in the United
States devoted solely to pollution prevention. |
| P2 GEMS P2 GEMS is an Internet search
tool for facility planners, engineers, and managers who are looking
for technical, process, and materials management information on
the web. |
P2RIC (Pollution
Prevention Regional Information Center) - Your gateway for P2 information from and
about Region 7 (Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska). |
| P2 Tech Archives P2Tech is designed to promote
discussions between pollution prevention technical assistance providers
about methods for implementing pollution prevention. |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Welcome to UNL's pollution
prevention (P2) home page. You will find information on University
projects, programs and resources related to P2. We believe that
P2 - trying to reduce or prevent the generation of waste - makes
good economic and environmental sense. |
| SIRI MSDS Index - Search for MSDS from the manufacturer or our
database. |
U.S. EPA Pollution Prevention Page - The Office of Polllution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) works to promote pollution prevention both inside and outside the Agency. This is done in several ways, such as using voluntary pollution reduction programs, engaging in partnerships, providing technical assistance, funding demonstration projects and incorporating cost-effective pollution prevention alternatives into regulations and other initiatives. |
| U.S. EPA Waste Minimization Page - To encourage waste minimization nationwide, the U.S. EPA worked with representatives from numerous stakeholder organizations to develop the Waste Minimization National Plan , which focuses on reducing the generation and subsequent release to the environment of the most persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals in hazardous wastes. | |
| GLOBAL WARMING |
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| Global
Warming State Actions List - EPA compiled this database
on states actions affecting GHG emissions to enable state decision-makers
to obtain information on the types of policies that are under consideration
or being implemented by their colleagues. |
Voluntary
Ozone Reduction Consortium - Council discusses ozone-reducing
strategies. |
| GOVERNMENT |
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| Clean Cities - The U.S. Department of
Energy's Clean Cities Program supports public-private partnerships
that deploy alternative fuel vehicles and build supporting alternative
fuel infrastructure. Our site features information about local coalitions
and clean corridors, alternative fuel news and events, fleet success
stories, support and funding, tips for starting a coalition in your
area, available alternative fuel vehicles, related links and more. |
Local Government
Environmental Assistance Network - The Local Government Environmental Assistance
Network (LGEAN) is a "first-stop shop" providing environmental management,
planning, funding, and regulatory information for local government
elected and appointed officials, managers and staff. |
| Ohio EPA Pollution Prevention
Regulatory Integration |
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| HEALTH |
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| Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry The mission of ATSDR is
to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished
quality of life associatedwith exposure to hazardous substances
from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution. |
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| HOSPITAL |
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| Hospitals and Pollution Prevention
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Hospitals
for a Health Environment - The primary goal of the H2E effort
is to educate health care professionals about pollution prevention
opportunities in hospitals and healthcare systems. Through activities,
such as the development of best practices, model plans for total
waste management, resource directories, and case studies, the project
hopes to provide hospitals and healthcare systems with enhanced
tools for minimizing the volumes of waste generated and the use
of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals. |
| Reducing Mercury Use in Healthcare
- The purpose of this manual is to help hospitals start mercury
pollution prevention programs or accelerate programs that have already
begun. New federal regulations greatly reduce the amount of mercury
that is allowed to be discharged from a municipal wastewater system
or an incinerator. By implementing the best management practices
described in this manual, you can reduce the level of mercury in
the environment and avoid the need for increased regulations in
the years to come. |
Sustainable Hospitals - The Sustainable Hospitals Project (SHP)
provides technical support to the healthcare industry for selecting
products and work practices that eliminate or reduce occupational
and environmental hazards, maintain quality patient care, and contain
costs. |
| INDIVIDUALS |
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| Buy Energy Efficient - A consumer guide to buying energy efficient
products for the home. |
Home Energy Checkup You can select from among
14 kinds of energy efficiency choices, see how much money and pollution
you can save, find out where to get energy efficient products, and
get tips on how to act on your choices. |
| Home Energy Saver The Home Energy Saver is
designed to help consumers identify the best ways to save energy
in their homes, and find the resources to make the savings happen. |
P2 For You — the Individual
- A significant share of pollution comes from small sources that
add up – the cars we drive, the energy we use to heat and
light our homes, the water we consume for cleaning and sanitation,
and the chemicals we use around the house. You can reduce
those impacts and still live comfortably. In fact, practicing pollution
prevention around the house can save you money on utility bills,
make your house healthier, improve your yard, and give you another
reason to be proud of your home. |
| Residential Energy Efficiency Software
- This program shows effective ways to reduce home energy consumption.
Topics include insulation, windows, doors, weather-stripping, and
caulking. The expert system feature allows users to calculate how
much they will save by making their homes more energy efficient. |
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| LANDSCAPING |
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| Natural Landscaping
for Public Officials - Natural landscaping minimizes the
environmentally detrimental effects of pesticides and fertilizers,
as well as the noise pollution, and the emission of air-polluting
substances from lawn-maintenance equipment. It virtually eliminates
the need to use water for irrigation as is required for turf grass
lawns. While not maintenance free, natural landscaping requires
less time and money for ongoing maintenance than conventional landscapes. |
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| MERCURY |
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| Mercury in Schools - All the information and resources you need
to learn about mercury, teach about mercury, and reduce or eliminate
its use in your school. |
NEWMOA Mercury Program - The information resources available in
the mercury area of the NEWMOA website are designed to help the
NEWMOA states achieve their “virtual elimination” goal
for mercury by focusing in particular on efforts to reduce or eliminate
mercury from the waste stream. |
| Reducing Mercury Use in Healthcare
- The purpose of this manual is to help hospitals start mercury
pollution prevention programs or accelerate programs that have already
begun. New federal regulations greatly reduce the amount of mercury
that is allowed to be discharged from a municipal wastewater system
or an incinerator. By implementing the best management practices
described in this manual, you can reduce the level of mercury in
the environment and avoid the need for increased regulations in
the years to come. |
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| Metal Finishing |
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| National Metal Finishing Resource Center The Resource Center is being
designed to be the most substantial, comprehensive environmental
compliance, technical assistance and pollution prevention information
source available. |
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| NEWS |
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| Pollution Prevention News
- Pollution Prevention News is a 12-page newsletter which
comes out every two months. |
What's New in P2? - This page includes short
monthly summaries of P2 news tailored to the Northwest (although
many items are of nationwide interest) |
| PRINTING |
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| Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center This is a communications-based
center linking trade, governmental, and university service providers
to efficiently provide the most current and complete compliance
assistance and pollution prevention information to the printing
industry. |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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| U.S. EPA Region 7 Pollution
Prevention Publications - Listings of publications available
through EPA Region 7. |
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| PURCHASING |
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| EcoMallA listing of companies selling
"green" products. |
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) is a federal-wide
program that encourages and assists Executive agencies in the purchasing
of environmentally preferable products and services. |
| Janitorial Products Pollution
Prevention Project - Each year about six out of every hundred
professional janitors are injured by the chemicals that they use.
Burns to the eyes and skin are the most common injuries, followed
closely by breathing toxic fumes. One third of the cleaning
chemicals used today have ingredients that can harm you. These ingredients
are in products for cleaning glass, restroom fixtures, metal, kitchens,
carpets, and hard floors, to name only a few. |
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| RECYCLING |
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| America Recycles Day - America Recycles Day (ARD) is a national
all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which sponsors
this annual campaign with the goal of educating and encouraging
Americans to recycle and buy recycled products. |
Recycle Iowa - Creating smart business opportunities through
recycling. |
| Recycler's World - Information & Material Exchange Directory |
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| SCHOOLS |
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| Green
Schools-
The Green Schools Program is a comprehensive educational initiative
that encourages physical and behavioral changes within the school
as a whole. It combines energy efficiency management and building
retrofit intervention with student involvement in planning and implementing
schoolwide behavior changes. |
Energy
Smart Schools-
Energy smart schools provide more money for the classroom, a better
learning environment, and increased energy awareness. |
| SMALL BUSINESS |
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| Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance
Program - The Small Business Environmental Assistance Program(SBEAP)
provides small businesses with technical assistance to achieve environmental
regulatory compliance. The program supports companies in their effort
to prevent pollution and to improve the bottom line by improving
the company's environmental performance. |
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| SOLVENTS |
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| SAGE - Solvent Alternatives Guide - SAGE is a comprehensive
guide designed to provide pollution prevention information on solvent
and process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing. |
Solvent Substitution Data Systems
- A set of tools to assist in identifying safer solvent alternatives. |
| VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS |
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| Partners for the Environment - Partners
set practical, meaningful goals to improve and better protect the
environment, from conserving water and energy to reducing hazardous
emissions, waste, and pesticide risks. |
U.S. EPA Region 7 Voluntary
Programs Page - A listing of EPA voluntary programs
with Region 7 contact information. |
| WATER | |
| Facility Manager's Guide to Water Management
- The AMWUA Regional Water Conservation Committee developed
this guidebook as a resource to assist in identifying areas where
commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities can improve
their water use efficiency within reasonable economic parameters. |
Pollution Prevention for WasteWaters
- This website, developed by the TNRCC in conjunction with the
Texas Water Utilities Association, provides pollution prevention
and waste minimization assistance for pollutants normally discharged
to wastewater treatment facilities, focusing on top pollutants of
concern. |
