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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 12, 2018

POLLUTION PREVENTION AND LEAN PRINCIPLES TRAINING SET FOR LITTLE ROCK
NORTH LITTLE ROCK—Seats are still available for a two-day workshop on Pollution Prevention and Lean Principles in Little Rock, Arkansas. The training is set for July 31-August 1, 2018, at the Cox Center, 120 River Market Avenue. The sessions run from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.
Topics at the event include practices for pollution prevention, efficient business operations, and environmental management systems, including updates on the new ISO 14001 standards. More information about the workshop can be found on The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s (ADEQ) homepage: http://www.adeq.state.ar.us.
ADEQ is partnering with the University of Texas at Arlington’s Environmental Training Institute (ETI) to hold the workshop. Thomas Vinson, a nationally known trainer with ETI, and the founder of the Zero Waste Network, will be the primary speaker. Vinson has experience working with industries in the United States and abroad.

The cost for the workshop is $125 per person. Online registration is available at: https://web-ded.uta.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&Course=18mge812001 or by calling 866.906.9190.

Additional information can be obtained from Audree Miller at 501.682.0015 or miller@adeq.state.ar.us.

CONTACT: press@adeq.state.ar.us


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