Green Actions Contest for 2012 Used Oil + HHW + WSSPN Training and Conference Attendees. Please use the survey link to enter your green actions for the conference before Thursday, May 17 at 9:30 a.m. to qualify for recognition and a prize.
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR THE WSPPN 2012 CONFERENCE:
The early bird deadline for registering for the 2012 Used Oil + HHW + WSPPN Training and Conference being held May 15-17, 2012 at the Sheraton Grand in Sacramento is April 30. On May 1, the registration rate goes up to $350. The theme for the joint conference is: “Come Together – New Partnerships, New Strategies for a Healthier Environment.” For more information about the 2012 conference, visit http://wsppn.org/conference/2012-conference/. To register, http://www.cce.csus.edu/cometogether.
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The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable Announces:
“2012 Pollution Prevention Week Theme and Poster Contest”
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) has announced the theme for the 2012 Pollution Prevention Week as “Safer Chemicals for a Safer World”. Pollution Prevention Week is the third week of September, September 17th – 23rd, 2012. P2 Week is the time when businesses, environmental groups and citizens can join forces for a common cause. By sharing information about pollution prevention (P2), businesses can become more competitive, businesses and government can realize cost savings, and environmental quality can be enhanced.
“Safer Chemicals for a Safer World” embodies a national effort for safer alternatives to chemicals of concern. This is to ensure the safety and health of workers and communities. Using safer chemical alternatives also provides companies with a marketing edge over their competitors.
NPPR has an annual poster drive to kick off P2 Week. This year NPPR is opening up the design of the poster. Entries to the poster design contest must relate to the theme, “Safer Chemicals for a Safer World”. Full contest details are available on NPPR’s website at www.p2.org/p2-week.
The deadline for entries is June 25, 2012
2012 P2 Week Video Contest Announced!
The Pollution Prevention Week 2012 Video Contest asks, “What’s your footprint?”
Tell us about it, on video, in 60 seconds or less, and you could win a weekend in San Francisco where your video will be screened at the San Francisco Green Film Festival.
Enter the Pollution Prevention Week 2012 Video Contest presented by the Western Sustainability and Pollution Prevention Network (WSPPN) and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and in celebration of National Pollution Prevention Week (September 17-23).
Pollution Prevention (P2) is generating less solid and hazardous waste, using less toxic chemicals, conserving water and energy, and reducing air pollution.
Download 2012 Contest Poster.
The overall winning video will be screened at the 2013 San Francisco Green Film Festival. The winner will also receive accommodations at the Galleria Park Hotel in San Francisco during the weekend of the screening! More great prizes will be added!
For video contest rules and information, visit our Web site at: http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/pollutionprevention/p2week.cfm
See Winning Videos from Last Year’s Contest
The 2011 contest sponsored by WSPPN and DTSC attracted 39 video entries–almost three times as many as the previous year. We congratulate the students at Violet Heintz Education Academy for their outstanding achievement and support for Pollution Prevention Week 2011 through their winning entry – “Its Starts with Me, The Time is Now!” See winning video and top entries for 2011 Contest.
NEW – P2 Column for GreenBiz.com
P2Rx has landed a monthly P2 column for GreenBiz.com. We are contributing one article per month to the column which will run the 2nd Tuesday of the month. The first article was written by John Harland of Intel. Here is the link to the article:
Why the road to sustainability starts with pollution prevention: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/03/06/why-road-sustainability-starts-pollution-prevention
Here is the P2Rx landing page, P2 Pathways: http://www.greenbiz.com/business/engage/enterprise-blogs/p2-pathways
To subscribe to GreenBiz newsletters, visit: http://www.greenbiz.com/engage/newsletters
For a free subscription, look for these words: Get Your Own Free Subscription.
Southern California Businesses Sign E3 Charter on March 29, 2012
On Thursday, March 29, 2012, federal and local business assistance providers are joining forces to recruit Southern California manufacturers into a new E3 economic and environmental partnership program that provides LEAN and CLEAN manufacturing assistance to businesses. Southern California companies who volunteer for the E3 program will receive comprehensive manufacturing assessments to help them produce and deliver goods more cheaply and efficiently. Unwanted manufacturing by-products, like unrecyclable trash and hazardous chemical pollutants will also be addressed by identifying cleaner means of production.
The E3 program is being officially kicked-off at the Business Expo 2012 in Pomona, CA. The event, hosted by the Southern California Gas Company, will be attended by over 500 Southern California businesses. During the Expo, partners of the E3 group will come together to formalize their commitment to the program by signing an E3 Charter. The E3 Charter Signing will take approximately 10-15 minutes and will occur as part of the Main Program from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. The White House Roundtable will take place from 2:30 to 3:30 pm.
The E3 Southern CA partners are reaching out to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the Southland to provide:
- energy and water efficiency assessments;
- lean manufacturing review;
- pollution prevention analyses;
- material lifecycle assessments;
- workforce development training and financial capitalization to ensure economic competitiveness and technological innovation in an era focused on sustainability.
E3 is a joint collaboration among five U.S. federal agencies: EPA, DOC, SBA, DOL, and the DOE. In conjunction with the five federal partners, E3 Southern CA is sponsored at the state and local level by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC), City of Los Angeles, County of San Bernardino Workforce Development Department, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles/ Orange County Environmental Training Center, North Orange Co Community College District/Center for Applied Competitive Technologies, Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Board, San Diego State University’s Industrial Assessment Center, Small Business Development Center of Santa Monica College, South Bay Workforce Investment Board, and the Southern California Gas Company.
Who to Contact:
More information about E3 is available at www.e3.gov.
WSPPN members with good candidate facilities for E3 should contact Leif Magnuson, Andre Villasenor or Gerald Church.
Leif Magnuson, Environmental Scientist
U.S. EPA Region IX, WST-7
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3286 Tel
magnuson.leif@epa.gov
Andre Villasenor, LEED GA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — Southern CA Field Office
epa.gov/region09/socal/index.html
213-244-1813
villasenor.andre@epa.gov
Gerald “Geb” Church
Manager, Energy and Environmental Services
California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC)
gchurch@cmtc.com
310.924.0922
