Pollution Prevention Tools
Region 5 Pollution Prevention
The Pollution Prevention Education Toolbox is designed to help teach important concepts of preventing pollution to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. This toolbox contains six fact sheets on various P2 topics, each containing lesson plans and hands-on activities, plus other useful resources. The fact sheets cover:
- Pollution prevention
- Water pollution prevention and conservation
- Pesticides reduction
- Energy conservation
- Household hazardous waste reduction
- Pollution prevention implementation in schools
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
For more information, contact: Dolly Tong 312/886-1019, tong.dolly@epa.gov
Natural
Landscaping for Local Officials - A Source Book
A source
book for local government officials was developed by the Northeastern
Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) from a multi-media grant from US
EPA Region 5 and Office of Mobile Sources (OMS). The purpose of the
source book is to provide local officials with information that will
encourage local governments to participate in and support natural landscaping
projects. the source book promotes natural landscaping as an approach
for:
- improving air and water quality
- mediating global warming
- enhancing regional biodiversity
- managing stormwater
- increasing wildlife habitat
- minimizing costs of landscape installation and maintenance
- preventing pollution through reduced use of landscape chemicals and fossil-fueled maintenance equipment
The source book
contains a slide show, a promotional brochure highlighting the environmental
and economic benefits of native landscaping, and a source book that
includes information on landscape management techniques, resources,
model ordinances, and suggestions on how to incorporate natural landscaping
into local
government programs.
For more information, please contact Helen Tsiapas, at (312) 886-7901 or tsiapas.helen@epa.gov
PBT Profiler A risk screening method that estimates the environmental persistence (P), bioconcentration potential (B), and aquatic toxicity (T) of chemicals.
Environmental Software
Free interactive software on various environmental topics, including pollution prevention.