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Welcome to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Pollution Prevention (P2) newsletter! Through this newsletter, we will provide information on upcoming events, as well as tools and resources to help implement and improve P2 initiatives. |
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P2 Program Updates:
2020 TRI Preliminary Dataset Now Available
Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) pollution prevention (P2) data for 2020 are now available to view on a facility-by-facility basis. These data indicate what new source reduction activities facilities initiated during 2020. This fall, EPA plans to update its TRI P2 Search Tool with the 2020 data so users can access aggregated data, visualize the data, perform facility and industry sector comparisons, and access any detailed descriptions of source reduction activities facilities included in their TRI reporting forms.
EPA’s Safer Choice Program Highlighted in Sustainable Shopping Initiative
Products certified by EPA’s Safer Choice program are now included in Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly initiative, which helps customers shop for more than 75,000 products through the company’s online store. Highlighting Safer Choice-certified products makes it easier for consumers to locate products that contain safer chemical ingredients without sacrificing quality or performance. |
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2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Winners Announced
Watch Michal Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), announce the 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge winners at the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry & Engineering (GC&E) Conference. Congrats to this year’s winners!
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Upcoming Webinar
Greening Your Bottom Line: Reducing Water Use and Costs
August 20, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
This webinar, hosted by UMass Lowell, will explore strategies to reduce water use and costs in food and beverage businesses. This event is part of a series of webinars hosted by UMass Lowell and supported by a pollution prevention (P2) grant from EPA Region 1 to help food and beverage businesses make improvements that save money and reduce their environmental impact.
Speakers:
- Madeline Typadis Snow, Project Manager, UMass Lowell, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
- Lauren Mattison, Research Fellow, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Call for Presentations:
P2 West: Inspiration, Innovation, & Implementation
October 20, 21, 27, 28, 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PT each day
The Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) is calling for presenters for its upcoming P2 roundtable that will be held over four days in October. Preferred presentations will emphasize “upstream solutions,” and can be as short as five minutes or as long as 30 minutes. Case studies are welcome and should emphasize results. The roundtable will include several sessions each day on topics such as environmental justice, Green Biz Certifications, tribal projects, P2 and resiliency, and greenhouse gas (GHG) calculators.
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Grantee Spotlight:
Oregon P2 Intern Program Showcases Assistance to Businesses
The Oregon Applied Sustainability Experience (OASE) is a 10-week paid internship program funded by an EPA P2 grant and coordinated by Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The internship matches college students with an Oregon business to improve efficiency, save money, and reduce waste through projects based on preventing pollution.
Follow three 2020 OASE interns as they detail their experiences working with Oregon companies to help implement pollution prevention practices at their facilities: Oregon Soap Company, the detergent company, Defunkify, and Port Orford Sustainable Seafood.
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Further Reading:
“Ultrasonic Aqueous Parts Cleaning in Auto Repair” details how the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC), an EPA Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) grantee, assisted Autobahn Motorwerks, an auto repair shop in Beaverton, Oregon, to shift from a solvent-based washer to an ultrasonic parts wash system that uses an EPA Safer Choice certified all-purpose cleaner. The ultrasonic system has saved the company money, reduced their use of solvents and the amount of solvent and sludge waste they generate, and cut their employee’s exposure to harsh solvents.
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The P2 Hub Helpline Is at Your Service!
The P2 Hub Helpline offers information and resources about pollution prevention. Please contact the Helpline at p2hub@epa.gov or (202) 566-0799.
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