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    General P2 in various industries
    • Arizona Department of Environmental Quality  Publications on pollution prevention including automotive, painting, fiberglass fabrication, printing, wood furniture manufacturing, green building and starting a pollution prevention program. 
    • Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable  P2 information exchange and networking to P2 professionals in the Great Lakes regions of the United States and Canada.
    • Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center  Pollution Prevention information through fact sheets, case studies, and links for most industries.
    • Pollution Prevention Gems  Database containing links to many fact sheets, case studies and other web pages relating to pollution prevention searchable by type of industry, waste, management tools or process.
    • Self Assessment P2 Checklists for Various Industries 
    • Small Business Environmental Home Page  Includes information on news & events, small business assistance, environmental compliance, publications & videos, performance measurement and P2.
    • Solvent Alternative Guide  A comprehensive guide designed to provide pollution prevention information on solvent and process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing.
    • Waste Management and Resource Center  Provides news, technical assistance, publications, and pollution prevention technologies.
    • Waste Wise  A free, voluntary, EPA program helping U.S. organizations eliminate costly municipal solid waste, benefiting the bottom line and the environment.

     

    Automotive

    • Best management practices for the automotive industry  Provides Do's and Don'ts for spill prevention, changing fluids, fueling vehicles, water and energy savings, storage and disposal of wastes and containers and more...
    • Best management practices for the automotive service facilities   Information on hazardous waste identification, rules and summary and recommendations for waste stream reduction including solvent, oil, painting, aqueous and other waste streams.
    • EPA automotive site  Links to eight fact sheets related to the Automotive Industry provided by the EPA.
    • A pollution prevention guide for automotive shops  Addresses pollution prevention and best management practices for automotive repair shops.

     

    Energy Efficiency

    • Canadian Sustainable Energy Systems  Information on various renewable energy techniques.
    • Consumer Energy-Energy Information for your Business  Information on energy conservation alphabetized by industry type.
    • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network  Provides information on energy efficiency, renewable energy, news and current programs.
    • Energy ideas  A technical resource for northwest business and industry to make sustainable energy decisions containing news, daily tip, question & answer, links and publications.
    • U.S. Department of Energy  Learn more on how to cut your business' energy bills while enhancing productivity through many links to energy programs.

     

    Food Processing

    • Clean Technologies in Food Processing  A Report that gives an overview of the resources used, environmental issues, waste streams and clean technologies including advanced wastewater treatment practices, improved packaging, improved sensors & process control, food irradiation and water & wastewater reduction.
    • Strategies for Food Waste Reduction  This report discusses food scrap recovery options and includes why to recover food scraps, common questions and answers, benefits, and tips.
    • The Electric Power Research Institute Food Technology Center  has many articles on state of the art processing and treatment technologies for the food processing industry available
    • The Food Manufacturing Coalition  has several state-of-the-art reports on various pollution prevention topics of the food processing industry.
    • Minnesota Technical Assistance Program  access the food processing sector resources available from this site.

     

    Painting P2

    • Coating Guide  A pollution prevention tool for paints and coatings users. The Coatings Guide™ contains several tools to help users identify low-volatile organic compound/hazardous air pollutant coatings that may serve as drop-in replacements for existing coating operations. To date, the Coatings Guide information base has focused on alternative coatings for plastic and metal substrates.
    • Industry Sector Solutions Database 
    • National Paint & Coating Association- 150 Pollution Prevention Ideas  Consolidated ideas to be used by the industry to help start a pollution prevention program or jump start an existing program.
    • National Paint & Coating Association-Managing Leftover Paint  Tips on what to do with leftover paint.
    • Painting and Coating Resource Center   Tools include educational features, reference materials, calculators, searchable databases, interactive resources and more.
    • Pollution Prevention Resource Center-Paint and Coating Manufacturing Industry Resources  Links to Paint & Coating Manufacturing trade industry associations, technical & regulatory information and related projects in the Pacific Northwest  Pollution  Prevention  Resource  Center's research projects database.

                      

    Printing   

    • llinois Waste Management and Research Center-Common Pollution Prevention Practices in Printing  Includes major waste streams, how to reduce waste, prepress, printing equipment changes, post press, inks, clean-up, and places to look for waste reduction in the printing industry.              
    • Printers National Environmental Assistance Center  The PNEAC assists technical assistance providers by delivering current, reliable environmental compliance and pollution prevention information provided through case studies, fact sheets, vendors & Suppliers, e-mail discussion, federal & regional environmental programs & more.                      
    • Washington State Department of Ecology-A Guide for Lithographic Printers   Discusses why lithographic printers should pay attention to their waste, regulations, P2, streams of concern, do's and don'ts, managing used fixer, water quality and hazardous waste.
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