Pollution Prevention Internship Program
Please Note: We are changing the application deadlines to the
program for the summer of 2010 which includes:
- Student applications will be accepted until Thursday, October
29th. Interviews will be conducted on campus prior to the end of Fall Semester
(2009). Interview dates and times will be posted by mid-September.
- Company applications
will be accepted year-round. We would like to have all applications
including the project description in by January 1st.
P2 Internship Program
For Students
For Companies
- Company
Application
Applications accepted
year-round but must be received by January 1st of the program
year.
Intern Results
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Each year, Illinois EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention recruits upper-level
university students to work on both pollution prevention (P2) and energy efficiency
(E2) projects during the summer. While students have been placed primarily
at manufacturing facilities, they have also worked at small business development
centers, trade associations, local government facilities, environmental groups
and military installations. The purpose of the program is to help facilities
identify, research and pilot P2 technologies and practices. In the area of
E2, companies can realize overhead cost savings due to increased energy efficiency
while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Each student selected for the program is required to attend an initial P2
training program in Springfield. The student will spend the remainder of the
12-week summer session working as a temporary full-time employee at the sponsoring
facility. Students typically have backgrounds in engineering, environmental
management, or chemistry.
The program has helped Illinois businesses save millions of dollars.
- For more information on the Pollution Prevention Internship Program contact:
Richard Reese
Illinois EPA - Office of Pollution Prevention
(217) 557-8671
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