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BIG SAVINGS BY PREVENTING POLLUTION, REPORT SAYS On February 17 the National Pollution Prevention
Roundtable released its first comprehensive study detailing the results of
state and local pollution prevention programs. According the to report, "An Ounce of Pollution
Prevention is Worth 167 Billion Pounds of Cure - A Decade of Pollution
Prevention Results: 1990-2000," state and local governments in the United
States saved $666 million and reduced pollutants by 167 billion pounds
nationwide in the 1990s. The report was funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxics (OPPT), Pollution
Prevention Division, and documents the results of 60 state and local pollution
prevention programs. To learn more about NPPR, visit www.p2.org. The report is
available at www.p2.org/p2results/2418_historyfinal.pdf . Terry Link, Director Office of Campus
Sustainability 525 S. Kedzie Michigan State
University East Lansing, MI
48824 1-517-355-1751 1-517-432-9555(fax) link@msu.edu www.ecofoot.msu.edu |