[p2tech] Best books, articles, and other materials for learning P2

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I could not get this link from Michelle to work:

http://www.web.epa.ohio.gov/opp/Kansas%20SBEAP%20Checklist.pdf

but found the document/link here:

http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/41/p2/Kansas%20SBEAP%20Checklist.pdf

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From: p2tech-bounces at great-lakes.net [mailto:p2tech-bounces at great-lakes.net] On Behalf Of Michelle Gaither
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:32 PM
To: Engel-Cox, Jill A; p2tech
Subject: Re: [p2tech] Best books, articles, and other materials for learning P2

Hi Jill.

It sounds lilke a great opportunity to resurrect/refresh this and offer online!

The info below may be no-brainer input, but I feel compelled to send it off anyway.

In P2 Assessment work, I find it useful to bring pre-developed P2 checklists, or to research/develop my own prior to going into a facility, as a means of ensuring I remember to look for different opportunities.

As a result of melding lean manufacturing and P2 - which I've had some experience in over the past few years, PPRC developed this rather general checklist for use by lean practitioners when they do a walkthrough - to help think about P2 opportunities.
http://pprc.org/solutions/Lean_Green_facility_checklist_4_10.pdf

There are many, many checklists out there - both general and specific to an industry or process.

General examples
http://www.epa.state.il.us/p2/fact-sheets/p2-checklist.pdf
http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/ResearchCenter/FactSheets/CrossMediaFactSheets/Documents/www.mde.state.md.us/assets/document/businessinfocenter/P2businesschklist.pdf

Specific examples
metal finishing http://www.web.epa.ohio.gov/opp/Kansas%20SBEAP%20Checklist.pdf
litho printing http://www.pneac.org/sheets/litho/p2_cklist_litho.cfm
P2Rx Topic Hubs - many will have lists of opportunity areas in the "P2 Opportunities" Pages.  http://www.p2rx.org/P2InfoNexpert/TopicHubs_2.cfm

I am currently working with a packaging consultant at the moment to co-develop a sustainability checklist relating specifically to packaging used/generated in manufacturing.  Let me know if you'd like to see this draft, or the link when it is complete.

Another very important aspect, IMO, is the challenge of actually making the change happen/implementation/kaizen events, etc.   One can walk through a facility and likely find all sorts of opportunties for improvement and change, research the opportunities and present a good case to the company for implementation.  But, how do you incentivize/motivate/convince companies to research and make changes that would improve their environmental performance?     Not sure if this is part of your syllabus or if you already have information on it.  If not, this might be a useful article - results of a survey conducted by the MA Office of Technical Assistance, 2008.
http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/eea/ota/programs/barriers-to-tur.pdf


Best,

Michelle Gaither
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Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)
Twenty Years of PPRC - The Movie<http://pprc.org/rrt2011/supplementary.cfm#20year>

P.S.  I developed my own list specifically for a microbrewery, before conducting a lean and environment project (in AK).    I can send this also, but it's very cryptic.  Interestingly, I actually found a college student who did a thesis /conducted a P2OA at a microbrewery (link below).  (This student followed Mary Betsch's model of her M.S. project at WSU - that I think inspired the "P2OA" methodology initially developed by Westinghouse/PNNL/Kaiser (et al) at Hanford, circa 1997).
Thesis - Di Gangi- an actual pollution prevention assessment and analysis for a brewery.

http://ceenve3.civeng.calpoly.edu/nelson/THESES/Donna%20DiGangi%20Thesis%202005.pdf




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From: Engel-Cox, Jill A<mailto:engelcoxj at battelle.org>
To: p2tech at great-lakes.net<mailto:p2tech at great-lakes.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:30 AM
Subject: [p2tech] Best books, articles, and other materials for learning P2

Hello P2 Community!

I have been asked by Johns Hopkins University to convert my "Industrial Processes and Pollution Prevention" course to an online course.   Since it has been about 4 years since I last taught the course and that was in a classroom, I am taking the opportunity to make major upgrades.  It is astonishing to me how much has changed in terms of learning and how information is shared in that short time.

The core project of the course is to have the students conduct a P2 assessment of a small business, which will continue to be their key experiential learning.  For skills development more broadly, I have in the past also assigned a textbook to the students and, over the years, I have tried various books, since none of them were quite right.  Now, here in 2012, the very concept of a 'textbook' seems strangely quaint.  However, I think it is important to have some structured materials for students, rather than letting them rely on wikipedia.

So, I'd like to do some crowd-sourcing and ask the P2 Community about your ideas on the best recent books, articles, materials, and online sources that could serve as the foundational materials for reading and research for students in P2, clean industry, and sustainability.

Please feel free to reply directly to me or to the group.  I will compile the results and share with everyone, if there is interest.

Thank you very much!

Jill Engel-Cox



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