Air Pollution Prevention
The quality of the air we breathe can have a significant impact on our quality of life. Many communities across the nation have a "serious" air pollution problem.
pollution prevention - techniques that eliminate waste prior to treatment, such as by changing ingredients in a chemical reaction.
Pollution Prevention: 1. Identifying areas, processes, and activities which create excessive waste products or pollutants in order to reduce or prevent them through altering or eliminating a process.
Pollution Prevention
Measures taken to reduce the generation of a substance that could be harmful to living organisms if released to the environment. Pollution prevention can be achieved in many ways.
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Pollution Prevention: Reducing the amount of energy, materials, packaging, or water in the design, manufacturing, or purchasing of products or materials in an effort to increase efficient use of resources, reduce toxicity, and eliminate waste.
Pollution Prevention - The active process of identifying areas, processes, and activities which create excessive waste by-products for the purpose of substitution, alteration, or elimination of the process to prevent waste generation.
Pollution Prevention: The use of materials, processes, or practices to reduce, minimize, or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes.
Pollution Prevention (often called 'P2') means avoiding the creation of pollution in the first place rather than dealing with its consequences after the fact - very similar to 'Cleaner Production'.
Pollution Prevention
Green Technology/Green Remediation
Pollution Prevention (P2)
Toxics in Products
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Pollution Prevention
Actively identifying equipment, processes, and activities which generate excessive wastes or use toxic chemicals and then making substitutions, alterations, or product improvements.
integrated pollution prevention and control
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Industrial Pollution Prevention: Combination of industrial source reduction and toxic chemical use substitution.
Industrial Process Waste: Residues produced during manufacturing operations.
Facility Response Plan A detailed plan that must be prepared in accordance with the EPA's Oil Pollution Prevention regulations.
Xeriscape landscaping: An innovative, comprehensive approach to pollution prevention and water use efficiency that incorporates all of the following: planning and design, soil analysis, appropriate plant selection, practical turf areas, ...
Many pollution prevention initiatives require an audit to determine where wastes may be reduced or eliminated or energy conserved.
Pesticide Product Information System; Pollution Prevention Incentives for States
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Modifications to the fuel, process or equipment to maximize the combustion efficiency; these are forms of pollution prevention.
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The chemical compounds to the right of the reaction arrow in a chemical equation.
 See also: Pollution, Water, Air, Waste, Environment
  
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