About Battelle
This handbook was prepared by staff at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories and the Battelle Seattle Research Center. The Pacific Northwest Laboratories are operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Battelle, with a staff of over 8,000 professionals, has delivered technology-based service to industrial and government clients for over 65 years. Battelle's major mission areas are commercial and industrial technology, health, national security, transportation, and the environment.
As part of its environmental mission, Battelle seeks to promote the use of pollution prevention (“P2”) technologies and practices. Examples of Battelle's efforts in the area of pollution prevention and waste minimization include:
- developing guidance for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on conducting waste minimization audits (the EPA “purple guide”)
- developing and implementing P2 technologies in a wide variety of manufacturing applications—such as the elimination of ozone-depleting substances
- assisting government and industrial clients in identifying, prioritizing, and reducing hazardous and other waste streams
- developing innovative pollution prevention tools such as Life Cycle Assessment and Design for Environment
- examining organizational and management issues affecting the successful implementation of P2.
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