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What does Pollution Prevention Mean? Pollution Prevention (P2) means to stop or reduce pollution at its source, before it starts. P2 strategies reduce or eliminate waste by using raw materials, energy, water and other natural resources more efficiently. Pollution Prevention, sometimes called Clean Manufacturing, is simply smart business, often resulting in significant monetary savings for companies and reducing their regulatory burden. In addition, Pollution Prevention helps to protect our environment, so it’s the right thing to do.

PURPOSE: Pollution prevention partnerships between government and businesses across the country benefit both parties. ADEQ’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Program provides free, non-regulatory assistance to Arkansas businesses interested in improving their operating efficiency and reducing their environmental impact. If your business is interested in operating in a more sustainable manner and would like some assistance, give us a call at 501-682-0015.

P2/EMS Web Sites

The following are resources for pollution prevention and sustainable business practices:

• Renew the Brew
• Compressed Air Checks Available to Businesses
• Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange
• National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
• Zero Waste Network
• Resource Exchange for Eliminating Waste (RENEW)
• Arkansas Industrial Energy Clearinghouse
• E3: Economy-Energy-Environment
• U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
• Energy Star
• Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
• Water Sense
• EPA Greener Products
• Public Entity EMS Resource Center

Resource Exchange for Eliminating Waste (RENEW)

This tool is designed to help facilities in EPA Region 6 (Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas) exchange materials that would otherwise be disposed of. RENEW allows you to see materials available at a facility, or post your own materials. Facilities who post materials can avoid disposal costs, and possibly reduce their regulatory burden. Searching available materials helps you find materials for your facility at a reduced cost, often free.

ADEQ Environmental Management System

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is the primary agency responsible for protecting the “Natural State” from pollution. We realize that our own agency has an impact on the environment and it is our goal to reduce our environmental footprint. To meet this goal, ADEQ has established an Environmental Management System (EMS) to reduce the environmental impact of our daily business activities.

An EMS Team, made up of representatives from each of the Department’s divisions, identifies ADEQ’s most significant impacts on the environment and implements strategies to reduce those impacts. The effectiveness of these controls is evaluated each year. The results of the annual evaluation are made available to the Department’s senior management along with any recommendations for improvement. Once these impacts have been minimized, the EMS Team will look for other areas of our business that have an impact on the natural environment.