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Pollution prevention and sustainability programs, websites, and awards

Other P2/S programs in Minnesota

  • Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP) - free, non-regulatory program with industry specialists who provide Minnesota businesses with company-specific, cost-saving solutions to waste reduction and waste management problems, including the Minnesota Materials Exchange and student intern services. Contact: Cindy McComas 612-624-1300.
  • Emergency Response Commission (ERC) - state agency collects and compiles company data from annual pollution prevention progress reports (Form P2PR) and Toxic Chemical Release Forms (Form R). Contact: Steve Tomlyanovich 651-282-5396.
  • Minnesota Technology, Inc. (MTI) - assists Minnesota manufacturers in becoming more competitive through technology information and assistance, product-process (including P2) improvements and modernization. Contact: Kevin O'Donnell 612-338-7722.

Recommended websites

  • Phosphorus Management Plan Development Resources. Use a template to help prepare Phosphorus Management Plans for wastewater treatment facilities. A checklist, tip sheet and fact sheets are also included to help identify sources of phosphorus and evaluate strategies for phosphorus reduction. Read about how industrial businesses have successfully reduced phosphorus effluent to wastewater treatment facilities. exit to Web
  • Coating Alternatives Guide (CAGE) - CAGE is an expert system and information base designed to recommend low-emitting alternative coating technologies to coatings users, small- and medium-sized businesses and technical assistance providers. exit to the Web
  • Environmental Excellence in Trucking - Seeks to highlight projects that are outstanding in their environmental impact, social significance, efficiency and cost-effectiveness, technical value, and originality. exit to the Web
  • finishing.com: the home page of the finishing industry. exit to the Web
  • Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC) - virtual assistance center for the printing industry which includes compliance assistance and P2 information. exit to the Web
  • Solvent Substitution Data Systems - an Enviro$en$e grouping of P2 information related to solvents use. exit to the Web
  • P2 Tech list server - P2 Tech is a bulletin board list server which connects subscribers with a technical question relating to P2 implementation to over 450 of their P2 peers. Messages are indexed and searchable. Send any subscription requests to the list server administrator. exit to the Web
  • P2 Gems search tool - an Internet search tool for facility planners, engineers, and managers who are looking for technical, process and materials management information. exit to the Web
  • Vendor Information Search (VendInfo) - over 400 listings of pollution prevention equipment, products or services (full text search available). exit to the Web
  • Enviro$en$e - part of the U.S. EPA's web site, provides a repository and search engine for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. exit to the Web
  • Pollution Prevention (P2) Review - subscription information on the only journal devoted exclusively to pollution prevention technical, training and policy issues. exit to the Web
  • Pollution Prevention Measurement Tools Resource Guide - designed to help find the tools to measure P2 at the facility level; can browse or search through profiles of 37 tools that can be applied to different aspects of P2 and P2 measurement. exit to the Web
  • North American Insulation Manufacturer's Association - Looks at insulation products from a "cradle-to-grave", or life cycle perspective, and considers the environmental impacts of a product from both a local and a global perspective. exit to the Web

Awards

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