Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments: A Handbook for Businesses

From small businesses to industrial processes, reducing waste, cost, and use of materials, energy, and water can be achieved more effectively when operations are reviewed methodically and when a business’ employees are engaged. This handbook on pollution prevention opportunity assessments presents a proven method to reduce waste generated by businesses and industrial operations of all sizes. It clearly defines steps to identify ways to reduce chemical and material use, minimize the generation of waste, and lower associated costs. The pollution prevention opportunity assessment method presented in the book provides a simple and systematic approach for finding pollution prevention opportunities, developing them, and documenting these efforts.