Pollution Prevention Program
FLORIDA
FREE
Non-Regulatory & Confidential
Service to assist Florida
Businesses in:
Cutting Costs
Reducing Wastes
Protecting the Environment
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Pollution Prevention (P2) Program provides technical assistance in pollution prevention to business, industry and governmental agencies in Florida. This assistance is free, non-regulatory and confidential.
The P2 Program can provide:
POLLUTION PREVENTION RESEARCH
ON-SITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELEPHONE CONSULTATION
WORKSHOPS/SPEAKERS
FACT SHEETS
To HELP you:
Minimize raw material consumption
Reduce water disposal costs
Reduce worker exposure
Reduce long-term Liability
$ WHILE SAVING YOU MONEY $
If you are interested in the economic and environmental benefits of reducing waste in your operations, call the P2 Program at:
* ON-SITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Highly qualified environmental professionals with extensive industrial experience will visit your facility and can provide service ranging from an informal assessment to a detailed waste audit report. . . all designed to reduce pollution costs and increase efficiency.
* POLLUTION PREVENTION RESEARCH
The P2 Program maintains an extensive Pollution Prevention library including video tapes, Best Management Practices publications & Pollution Prevention case studies covering a wide cross section of industries and processes.
* WORKSHOPS/SPEAKERS
The P2 Program sponsors industry specific workshops, bringing together vendors & industry experts to assist businesses. Speakers for association meetings or other events can readily be provided.
* FACT SHEETS
Informative and easy to understand Fact Sheets include:
1. Pollution Prevention Opportunities
2. New Cleaning Solvents
3. Evaluating Cleaning Solvents
4. Using Aqueous Cleaners
5. Aqueous Cleaner Additives
6. Terpene Cleaners
7. Hydrocarbon Based Cleaners
8. Cleaning Equipment
9. Vendors of Cleaning Solvents
10. Vendors of Cleaning Equipment
11. "Blast" (Non-Solvent) Cleaning
12. "Blast" Cleaning Equipment
13. "Fiber Glassing Series
* TELEPHONE CONSULTATION
Many Pollution Prevention questions or concerns can be solved with a simple phone call. The P2 Program welcomes phone inquiries.
STATEWIDE
904-488-0300
FAX: 904-921-8061
JACKSONVILLE AREA
904-448-4300
FAX: 904-448-4362
TAMPA/FT. MYERS
813-744-6100 EXT. 485
FAX: 813-744-6125
RECENT FLORIDA SUCCESSES
* $300,000 per year savings!
A luxury van converter reduced VOC emissions by 28% while increasing production by 15% Reformulating coatings & improving application methods reduced emissions.
* $8,000 per year savings!
A small manufacturer of saw blades used TCE to degrease the blades before painting. Substituting an aqueous cleaner eliminated the use of the hazardous material.
* $489,000 per year savings!
A printed circuit board manufacturer utilized counterflow rinsing, flow restrictors and on-off water flow sensors to reduce waste water discharge by 25%. Waste stream segregation and ion exchange units allowed recycling 120,000 gal. of waste water per day.
Businesses that are able to effect their waste reductions are limitless. Some examples:
* Industrial Painters
* Boat Builders
* Electroplaters
* Government Facilities
* Any Industrial Cleaning Process
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Florida Pollution Prevention Program
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
Last Updated: November 25, 1997