About SCCP
November 3, 2011
The NPPR 2025 Safer Chemistry Challenge Program (SCCP) is designed to motivate, challenge, and reward facilities to reduce the use of chemicals, especially hazardous chemicals, through source reduction measures. These measures include the following approaches:
- Making changes in production processes and adopting new technologies
- Moving toward cleaner processes that avoid the use and generation of toxic chemicals
- Changing raw materials to include benign or low toxicity materials that degrade into innocuous substances in the environment
- Using tools and design options in support of green chemistry
- Selecting and using safe alternatives
As part of this program, companies are encouraged to partner with state and local technical assistance programs. Such programs can help identify ways to reduce waste and emissions and move toward safer substitute chemicals, which can result in reduced costs, improved productivity, and regulatory compliance.
Challenge Program Benefits
By making changes and participating in the Challenge Program, companies can:
- Improve employee health and safety
- Minimize risk and liability Institute supply chain initiatives
- Improve company image with the community
- Reward investments in the design of increasingly safer chemicals and products
- Reduce cost of compliance and employee protection
- Realize that alternatives may have improved performance Improve profitability
Steps to Participating in the Challenge Program
March 2011 - EPA-State P2 Dialogue
April 18, 2011
NPPR recently facilitated a dialigue between the U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and state pollution prevention programs. To learn more about this meeting check out the meeting summary.
Morocco Brochure
February 4, 2010
NPPR in coorperation with the U.S. EPA and Centre Marocain de Production Propre (Moroccan Cleaner Production Center) created a brochure for the Moroccan Textile Industry. The brochure provides an outline of pollution prevention (P2), P2 opportunities, and economic incentives of P2. Information in this brochure can be expanded beyond the Moroccan Textile Industry. The Moroccan Textile Brochure can be viewed by clicking here. For a printable version contact NPPR at nppr@p2.org.
Public Health and Chemical Exposure
November 10, 2009
ATSDR has appointed people to the six Work Groups. A number of folks come from state agencies connected with the IC2. You can view the list of members here: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/nationalconversation/docs/members_list_110309.pdf
Each workgroup is scheduled to meet this week or next (November 13, 14, 16 & 17). Full public details about those meeting and other aspects of the “Conversation: are here: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/nationalconversation/index.html
To learn more about NPPR’s wonk on public health and chemical exposure got to http://www.p2.org/workgroups/p2-integration-innovation/
P2 in Egypt
September 30, 2009
NPPR Executive Director Jeffrey Burke was recently in Egypt to work on establishing a Roundtable in the Middle East and North Africa.
West Virginia EMS Workshop
September 8, 2009
Jeffrey Burke, executive director of NPPR, was in Charleston, West Virginia for two days in August as part of a two-day Environmental Management System (EMS) workshop. Highlights from the workshop can be found in the August 2009 InDepth - (Click here for PDF)
Middle East - North Africa Pollution Prevention/Cleaner Production/Sustainable Consumption and Production Roundtable
May 19, 2009
The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) in cooperation with the US State Department, the US Environmental Protection Agency and other notable stakeholders in the area, is partaking in an effort to institute a Middle East - North Africa Pollution Prevention/Cleaner Production/Sustainable Consumption and Production Roundtable (The MENA P2/CP/SCPR Roundtable).
The purpose of the Roundtable is to improve environmental protection activities in the Middle East and North Africa through enhanced knowledge of pollution prevention and cleaner production concepts, information, and programs by establishing a network and forum where the MENA countries can share information, experiences, and lessons learned, and foster a dialogue between government, non-government and industrial entities.
Ecoeye Project in South Korea
September 12, 2008
NPPR began its five year research contract with Ecoeye Co., Ltd in pursuit of industrial and environmental improvement in Busan, South Korea. The purpose of this project is to develop a cleaner production system for the environmental management of 20 companies.
Representatives from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable made their way to Korea for a second time in March. Working with the South Korean federal government and several local industries, NPPR is promoting Pollution Prevention methods and building a strong Pollution Prevention base in Korea.
Four NPPR representatives made the trip including Thomas Vinson-Peng, director of the Zero Waste Network, who was making his second trip around, Ken Grimm, of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Recourse Center (PPRC), Scott Butner, director of ChemAlliance, and Tony Cooper, of the Washington Department of Ecology. The quartet worked closely with local agents to prepare and present a Pollution Prevention Training Workshop. Lean manufacturing was one of the most popular topics in the training. Site visits were also made, and several companies who were visited last October by the joint US/Korean team had visible improvements.
International efforts will continue as Pollution Prevention methods and Zero Waste movements continue to spread their global appeal and as more countries learn about how waste reduction is a win-win solution providing savings and environmental benefits. NPPR plans to continue its international efforts.
The United States-Mexico P2 Network
July 8, 2008
Border P2 is a new electronic network and website being designed for and by and made available to all members of the community along the Mexico and Texas border who are working together on pollution prevention and environmental management: maquiladoras, small and medium businesses, environmental technical assistance providers from all levels of government and academia, interested citizens and environmental activists. The purpose of this site is to help us all protect and improve the environment of the Border by providing:
· A Regional Overview of the Border Community Environment, the people and the place;
· A showcase for us to exhibit and share our success stories and initiatives;
· Community Connections for us to interact with our colleagues and peers to form partnerships for collaboration; and
· Access to Resources – Window to the World for us to access information and resources about pollution prevention and environmental management from around the world.
The North American Pollution Prevention Partnership
July 8, 2008
The North American Pollution Prevention Partnership (NAP3), is one of the outcomes of the International Pollution Prevention Summit, a gathering of 250 leading practitioners from more than 60 countries which took place in Montreal, Canada in 2000. Between 2000 and 2002, with financial support from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the chairs or delegates of the North American pollution prevention roundtables met regularly to identify initiatives of common interest. The goals of the partnership are to:
· Advance pollution prevention policy in each country and throughout the continent;
· Share information, educational resources and member resources; and
· Enhance financial and technical resources to implement pollution prevention programs throughout North America.
On April 26, 2002, at the Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable in Quebec City, the three roundtables signed a declaration, formalizing their commitment to enhance pollution prevention in North America. The partnership will continue to look for additional ways to align environmental policies, projects and programs to advance pollution prevention and achieve better environmental results over the next three years.
