P2 Objective: To assist businesses by encouraging P2.
Numeric Goal: None.
Assistance Offered: Creates a technical assistance office for small business.
Reporting Requirements: None.
Incentives: Offers loans, lines of credit, or loan guarantees for businesses engaging
in P2 activities.
Funding: Not specified.
Contact:
Bob Hannon/ Mary Sherwin
Office of Pollution Prevention Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 79
Elm Street, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06106-5127
Phone: 860/424-3297Definitions Pollution Prevention Activities -- Changes within a plant in production processes,
product or raw materials that reduce, avoid or eliminate the generation of hazardous by-products
per unit of product or the use of toxic or hazardous substances per unit of product without
creating new risks of concern. Pollution prevention does not include, promote, or require:
incineration; transfer from one medium of exposure, release or discharge to another medium;
off-site or out-of-production process recycling; or methods of end-of-pipe treatment of toxic or
hazardous substances as waste.Return to NPPR Home Page