Delaware

Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention 
Act of 1990





P2 Objective: Establishes a waste management hierarchy with P2 as the

first priority.

Numeric Goal: None.

Assistance Offered: Technical assistance offered to a target industry selected by the

state.  State also provides education and an information clearinghouse.

Reporting Requirements: None.

Incentives: None.

Funding: Not specified.

Contact:


Andrea Farrell, Pollution Prevention Program


Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


PO Box 1401, 89 Kings Highway


Dover, DE 19903


Phone: 302/739-3822 

Email: afarrell@dnrec.state.de.us



_____________________________________________________________________________

Definitions


Waste -- Such substances, but not limited to, hazardous waste, industrial waste,

liquid

waste, other waste, refuse, rubbish, sewage, and solid waste.


Waste Minimization -- The process by which a facility conducts an analysis of a

production process to determine the waste minimization techniques which could be

implemented.


Blue Collar Jobs Act of 1992





P2 Objective: Offers tax credits for voluntarily reducing waste stream by using P2

methods.

Numerical Goal: 20% reduction of manufactures' TRI wastes, 50% reduction of

other waste.

Assistance offered: Not specified.

Reporting requirements: None.

Incentives: A tax credit for current year plus every fourth succeeding tax year where

reduced amount is maintained.

Funding: Not specified.



______________________________________________________________________________

Definitions

Source reduction -- Any Prctice which reduces the production of waste products

prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal.
Other wastes -- Measurable solid waste

products other than those reported under the Toxic Release Inventory and any substances

released in the air or in the water of the state for which a permit has been issued.

Return to Enviro$en$e Home Page