Pollution Prevention Strategies Sustainability and Environmental Gentrification   In this 2017 article, the author concluded that, absent a fundamentally new approach to redevelopment planning that places housing affordability at the center of the process, large-scale sustainable development projects are likely to become engines of what has been termed “environmental gentrification.   What does environmental gentrification […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies Nonpoint Source NPS pollution generally results from land runoff, precipitation, atmospheric deposition, drainage, seepage, or hydrologic modification. NPS pollution, unlike pollution from industrial and sewage treatment plants, comes from many diffuse sources. NPS pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies DQ1 Responsibility for Pollution Prevention   Who do you think is more responsible for pollution prevention?   Individual people or the government? Explain.   DQ2 Recycling   Does your local government make it easy or hard for citizens to recycle?  

Pollution Prevention Strategies DQ1 State Pollution Prevention Programs   As a P2 Specialist, you need to understand the scope of your state program and most likely, what they will auditing you for.  So, your next step is to research your state’s pollution prevention program.  You may need to locate the state Department of Environmental Protection […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies Food Waste   In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30–40 percent of the food supply. This figure, based on estimates from USDA’s Economic Research Service of 31 percent food loss at the retail and consumer levels, corresponded to approximately 133 billion pounds and $161 billion worth of food […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies DQ1 Global Impact of COVID 19   According to the news, Coronavirus lockdown has caused a drop in air pollution.  Do you agree or disagree?  Using a reliable source (not the news), justify your answer by using science-based information and connecting pollution prevention principles.    Note:  Reliable sources are defined as those […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies Industrial Symbiosis   The concept of industrial symbiosis (IS) over the last 20 years has become a well-recognized approach for environmental improvements at the regional level. Many technical solutions for waste and by-product material, water, and energy reuse between neighboring industries (so-called synergies) have been discovered and applied in the IS examples […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies DQ1 State Pollution Prevention Programs   As a P2 Specialist, you need to understand the scope of your state program and most likely, what they will auditing you for.  So, your next step is to research your state’s pollution prevention program.  You may need to locate the state Department of Environmental Protection […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies   1. In 1-2 paragraphs, summarize what you believe pollution prevention means in your own words.   2.  Using a reliable source (i.e. scholarly article, a government website, or credible professional organization), research the topics of pollution prevention, pollution control, and pollution cleanup.  Prepare a 2-3 paragraph discussion of describing the differences […]

Pollution Prevention Strategies Within their company or agency, environmental professionals are typically assigned responsibility for providingon environmental, health and safety issues information to their community, through established communication channels, on programs, services, regulatory impact, and compliance requirements.Upon request, they also provide assistance in hazardous material spill cleanup, preparing written reports about reportable releases and notifying […]