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Pollution Prevention
What is the Pollution Prevention (P2)?
1. Often called P2, means source
reduction, or preventing pollution
at its source, before it is
generated.
2. Includes any practice that
reduces the quantity and/or
toxicity of pollutants entering a
waste stream prior to recycling,
treatment, or disposal (e.g.
equipment or technology
modifications, reformulation or
redesign of products, substitution
of less toxic raw materials, worker
training and etc)
Pollution Prevention Law
§ 13106 - Owners and operators of businesses that are required to file a toxic
chemical release form must include a toxic reduction and recycling report.
Other Pollution Prevention Law
Pollution Prevention Mandates in Federal Statutes
Also, EPA must facilitate coordination amongst air pollution prevention and control
agencies.
§ 7405 - EPA can make grants to air pollution prevention and control agencies.
Other Pollution Prevention Law
Pollution Prevention Mandates in Federal Statutes
§ 7412 - Facilities that reduce their emission of toxics into the air by 90-95% can
qualify for permit waivers.
§ 7414 - 7418 - EPA may establish record keeping, inspections, and monitoring
for all facilities that emit pollutants.
§ 6921 - 6925
Under § 6922 - Generators must certify in shipping manifests that they have a
plan to reduce waste. They must also submit a biennial report indicating their
efforts to reduce volume and toxicity of wastes
Other Pollution Prevention Law
Pollution Prevention Mandates in Federal Statutes
§ 6927 - EPA can make facilities describe their waste reduction program and
inspect them to determine whether a program is actually in place.
§ 6981 - EPA shall render financial assistance to federal, state, and local agencies
that are researching, investigating, or providing in areas of waste management
and minimization.
Other Pollution Prevention Law
Pollution Prevention Mandates in Federal Statutes
§ 1252 - EPA mandated in cooperation with federal state, and local agencies and
industries to develop programs for preventing, reducing, or eliminating the
pollution of the navigable waters and ground waters and improving the sanitary
condition of surface and underground waters.
§ 1256 - Appropriation of funds to state and local agencies for pollution control.
§ 1342 - EPA can put additional restrictions on permits (not included in the act).
§ 1381 - EPA given authority to make grants to states for pollution control
revolving fund for implementation of management and conservation plans.
Other Pollution Prevention Law
§ 4363 - EPA shall establish a program for long -term research for all activities
listed under NEPA.
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The primary
The Transporter Waste Storage
generator
5. 4.
Disposal Facilities Treatment
Who Should Practice Waste Minimization?
All the producers and the recipients of waste need to follow certain
standard operative procedures (SOP) to manage the waste in
accordance with the existing law and waste regulations. Basic
data/recordkeeping, reporting, manifesting, protocols of SOP, and
contingency planning in cases of emergency are very essential for
waste tracking purpose.
Waste Minimization Approach
• Recent attention has been paid to appropriate mechanisms to
encourage or oblige waste generators to focus on waste
avoidance, waste minimization, recovery, recycling or re-use
(moving waste management up the hierarchy)
Hierarchial Approach
Source Reduction
Recycling
Recovery
Treatment
Disposal
Source Reduction
Commonly known as pollution prevention (P2), reduces or
eliminates the generation of waste at the source and
refers to any practice that reduces the use of hazardous
materials in production processes.
etc.
C. Biological methods: composting, aerobic and anaerobic
decomposition, activated sludge, enzyme treatment, etc.
D. Thermal methods: incineration, boiling, autoclaving, UV treatment,
microwave use, etc.
Disposal
The hazardous waste, after treatment, can be ultimately
disposed using the following methods:
1. Production efficiency
2. Profits
3. Good neighbour image
4. Product quality
5. Environmental performance
Is Waste Minimization Required by Law?
Pollution Prevention
Waste Minimization
The term found in the
The term found in the Resource
Pollution Prevention Act of
Conservation and Recovery Act
1990 that refers to source
(RCRA) refers to source
reduction of all toxic wastes,
reduction and environmentally
including those released to
sound recycling of RCRA
air, water and land
hazardous waste.
resources.
Why Waste Minimization is Important?
Regulatory Requirements