• This program provides confidential and nonregulatory on-site pollution prevention assessments for Michigan businesses and institutions, free of charge.  
• Teams of RETAP professionals review operations for potential waste reduction strategies and opportunities; including source reduction, reuse, recycling, and energy efficiency. *
• Written, confidential reports identify pollution prevention options and contain specific recommendations to save money, increase efficiency, reduce need for costly waste disposal and treatment, reduce liability, and promote a positive public image.  
• All reports are sent directly to the company by the Retired Engineer Technical Assistance Foundation (RETAF), a nonprofit corporation providing the technical services for the program. It is staffed by dedicated retired engineers and scientists with extensive industrial experience in waste reduction and on-site assistance.
• There is no obligation to implement the recommendations, however, significant cost savings can be achieved from employing pollution prevention techniques. Follow-up with companies assisted through RETAP has shown thousands of dollars of annual cost savings.

* For an energy efficiency assessment on a publicly owned building, please contact Rebuild Michigan Energy Services at (517) 241-6281.