For assistance and to provide a wider knowledge of P2 and P2
techniques you might consider making your collaborative effort one
including local industry. Many areas, particularly a city the size
of Cincinnati, has many industry sites in its local which would
probably be more than interested in helping with the P2 effort. It
gives them a chance to help the local community and to get their
efforts on P2 recognized.
This concept has worked well in Palm Beach County FL where I represent
my company as part of the P2 Coalition of Palm Beach County. This is
a group of county government agencies, The FL DEP, and local industry
trying to spread the word on P2 and P2 techniques. We have been
functional for over 3 years presenting local workshops for various
business sectors (marinas, printing, aerospace industries, golf course
and landscaping, etc.). Some of these have been done by ourselves and
some we have co-sponsored with FL DEP and other organizations. In
addition Florida Atlantic University (FAU), a coalition member
organization, operates a website (http://www.oe.fau.edu/~pollute) with
P2 information and links for anyone to access.
Give it a try. You expand your resources and knowledge base and, with
industry as an active part of the group you reduce the fear seen with
many businesses of dealing with government agencies. Good Luck.
Thanks,
Dale Francke
Pratt & Whitney, M/S 717-03
P.O. Box 109600
W. Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600
e-mail : frncked@pwfl.com
(561) 796-3733 FAX (561) 796-2787
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From: Bruce.Suits@cinems.rcc.org[SMTP:Bruce.Suits@cinems.rcc.org]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 1998 12:52 PM
To: p2tech@great-lakes.net
Subject: Re: City Pollution Prevention Manager
Ric, (et al):
Thank you for asking! For huge amounts of information on local
governments' P2 activities, see the National Pollution Prevention
Roundtable's website (http://es.epa.gov/nppr) and check out the
Local
Government Workgroup page. Over 70 local governments (and
friends
e.g., U.S., Conference of Mayors, National Association of
Counties,
National Association of City & County Health Officials) from
around
the nation are on board - and it's growing fast! There may not
always
be a "P2 Manager" at the local government level, but there are
great
P2 things happening in lots of local governments! And by the
way,
borrowing from what other local and state folks around the
country
have been doing, we in Ohio (City of Cincinnati, Institute of
Advanced
Manufacturing Sciences, Ohio EPA Office of Pollution Prevention
and
Ohio EPA Southwest District Office - with some funding assistance
from
the Ohio Environmental Education Fund) have just partnered to
create
"The Southwest Ohio Local Government Pollution Prevention
Collaborative". First meeting of the collaborative was two weeks
ago
and we had over thirty local governments from all over Southwest
Ohio
in attendance. Counties, cities, townships, etc. - large and
small.
Our meetings are monthly, with two training sessions, the first
of
which will be in February. Ohio EPA (and all of us) hope this
will be
a successful pilot that will be self sustaining after the first
year
and can be replicated in the other regions of Ohio (and beyond).
Regarding your other questions: I think most of us include energy
conservation and efficiency in our P2 activities; for detailed
examples of Local P2 programs and activities see "Preventing
Pollution
in our Cities and Counties - a Compendium of Case Studies"
(available
through the NPPR) which provides information on 19 case studies -
large and small local governments with varying structures and
approaches to P2. In addition, the NPPR's Local Government
Workgroup
also has a user friendly Matrix Chart of Local Government P2
Activities (not yet but soon to be on the website) with over 40
local
governments and their P2 activities listed. Email me if you are
interested in receiving that document.
J. Bruce Suits
Pollution Prevention Manager
Office of Environmental Management
City of Cincinnati
Two Centennial Plaza
805 Central Avenue, Suite 610
Cincinnati, OH 45202-1947
Telephone: 513/352-6270
FAX: 513/352-4970
email: bruce.suits@cinems.rcc.org
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Subject: City Pollution Prevention Manager
Author: p2tech@great-lakes.net at INTERNET
Date: 1/16/98 9:11 AM
All,
I'm writing relative to a message from J. Bruce Suits. I couldn't
help but notice your title...P2 Manager for Cincinnati. Maybe I
simply never noticed but do many cities have pollution prevention
managers?? It seems like a great idea, especially for smaller
towns where saving money and management of waste is on the level
of, if not much larger than, many businesses.
I would be VERY interested in hearing from others on this list
regarding town or city P2, E2, or recycling efforts and some of
the more successful program areas of accomplishments, including
if tax $$$ are being saved, types of programs being established,
and how the position interconnects with other city offices
(duties, authority, ability to effect change, are school districts
impacted).
Have you considered E2 applications or are you strictly P2
oriented??
Any information is welcome, thanks,
Ric
illig.richard@a1.dep.state.pa.us
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