2012 Pollution Prevention Summary

Abstract

Every year, the Pollution Prevention (P2) Program either facilitates or performs activities to reduce pollution, minimize waste, and conserve resources. This document summarizes the P2 efforts performed by the Program and other Laboratory organizations. The P2 Team conducts overarching programmatic support activities to facilitate the implementation and completion of waste minimization and reduction projects. These tasks are summarized in the Pollution Prevention Team Performance section. During Earth Week, the P2 Team publicly recognizes employees and P2 projects performed during the previous fiscal year that have improved the Laboratory’s environmental performance. This year, the P2 Team distributed $10K in monetary awards to more than individuals involved in 55 projects. Further information on the awards is provided in the Pollution Prevention Awards section, detailed project descriptions and cost savings documentation are provided in Appendices A and B, respectively.