Arkansas

The Arkansas Pollution Prevention Act of 1993





P2 Objective: Establishes waste minimization hierarchy, with source

reduction as the first priority.

Numeric Goal: None.

Assistance Offered: Governor must designate a state agency to offer technical

assistance, education and training.

Reporting Requirements: None.

Incentives: None.

Funding: None specified.

Contact: 
Ed Davis, Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
One

State Capitol Mall
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201


Phone: 501/682-1121
or


Robert E. Graham, Ombudsman
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control &

Ecology
PO Box 8913
Little Rock, Arkansas 72219-8913
Phone:

501/682-0708



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Definitions


Pollution Prevention -- Any action taken by industry, government, or individual

consumers to conserve natural resources while providing and using needed products in a manner

which prevents or reduces the generation, disposal, or release of pollutants to the environment. 

This does not include dewatering ,dilution or evaporation prior to handling, release, storage,

treatment or disposal of hazardous waste.


Source reduction or waste minimization -- The reduction or elimination or waste at the

source, usually within a manufacturing process, including process modification, feed stock

substitutions, improvement in feed stock purity, housekeeping and management practices,

increases in the efficiency of machinery, on-site closed-loop recycling, or any other action which

demonstrably reduces the amount and toxicity of the waste exiting the production process.

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