Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This power point presentation gives basic information on IEPA's Office of Pollution Prevention, its mission, and internship opportunities through the program. | | | | Date Created: | 11 04 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040543 Original UID: 20703 FIRST WORD: Pollution | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2003 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet identifies steps agrichemical facilities can take to improve the handling and storage of agricultural chemicals and other materials. The focus is on best management practices (BMPs) that reduce waste and pollution at the source through housekeeping, leak/spill prevention and inventory controls. | | | | Date Created: | 01 11 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040544 Original UID: 20694 FIRST WORD: Pollution | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The purpose of this fact sheet is to create awareness about the hazards of mercury and outline things you can do to reduce or even eliminate mercury from your processes and operations. Decreasing mercury use has many advantages that can be good for your facility and the environment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 13 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040545 Original UID: 20695 FIRST WORD: Reducing | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2002 November | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The purpose of this fact sheet is to help schools identify and find alternatives to mercury and other hazardous materials that may be present in your facilities. It focuses primarily on mercury compounds and mercury-containing equipment used in curriculum activity. Many adequate substitutes exist for devices used in schools that contain mercury. When purchasing new equipment or replacing any mercury containing devices, check to make sure that any new items do not contain mercury. If no alternative is available, choose the product containing the least amount of mercury for that particular device. | | | | Date Created: | 12 19 2002 | | | | Agency ID: | IEPA/OPP/11-2002 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040546 Original UID: 20696 FIRST WORD: Mercury | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2003 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Is your school interested in reducing environmental impacts, improving learning conditions and lowering operating costs, all at the same time? Illinois EPAs Green Schools Checklist offers tips and resources to help schools identify opportunities to green their buildings and operations, ranging from the solid waste they generate, to the indoor environment they provide, to the energy and supplies they consume. | | | | Date Created: | 01 09 2003 | | | | Agency ID: | IEPA/OPP/01-2003 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040547 Original UID: 20697 FIRST WORD: Green | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2004 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This is a Q and A style fact sheets giving basic information on open dumping and how to prevent it. | | | | Date Created: | 01 11 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040548 Original UID: 20698 FIRST WORD: How | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 August 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This document is power point based and was a presentation given at Benedictine University by Kevin Greene. Its focus is to provide positive actions that can be taken on college campuses to encourage sustainability. | | | | Date Created: | 11 04 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040549 Original UID: 20699 FIRST WORD: Planning | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 April 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This document is in power point format and was used in a presentation given at ALS Day: ALS Goes Green, on April 28, 2009. It gives positive steps that libraries can take to be more energy efficient and sustainable. | | | | Date Created: | 11 04 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040550 Original UID: 20700 FIRST WORD: Greening | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This document is in a power point format and was used in a presentation given at Illinois Government Finance Officers Association at their 2009 Annual Conference. It gives positive steps small government bodies can take to become more sustainable, green, and energy efficient. | | | | Date Created: | 11 04 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040551 Original UID: 20701 FIRST WORD: Going | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 May 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This power point presentation was presented in Edwardsville, Illinois on May 24, 2006. It provides practical ideas to make ethanol plants more energy efficient, as well as prevent pollution. | | | | Date Created: | 11 04 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000040552 Original UID: 20702 FIRST WORD: Beyond | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2005 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report presents recommendations for improving efforts to reduce and recycle mercury components that are found in thermostats and motor vehicles. Illinois EPA prepared the report in response to Public Act 93-0964. In drafting the report, Illinois EPA conducted research on mercury reduction and recycling programs in other states, reviewed technical studies and consulted with officials in the private and public sectors. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2005 | | | | Agency ID: | IEPA/OPP/04-026 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042790 Original UID: 22340 FIRST WORD: Reducing | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 October | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The purpose of this fact sheet is to inform retail store owners about the state and federal laws dealing with mercury in cosmetics, as well as provide information on the dangers of mercury, how to identify skin creams containing mercury and what to do if these products are found in their stores. | | | | Date Created: | 10 28 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042791 Original UID: 22341 FIRST WORD: Mercury | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2002 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet provides information to the consumer about their mercury thermometers. | | | | Date Created: | 12 11 2002 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042793 Original UID: 22343 FIRST WORD: Mercury | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On and after January 1, 2012, weights made of lead or mercury cannot be used to balance vehicle wheels or tires. On and after the same date, no one may sell or distribute wheel weights made of lead or mercury. This fact sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions. | | | | Date Created: | 03 29 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042794 Original UID: 22344 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheets provides answers to frequently asked questions regarding a mandatory removal of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles. | | | | Date Created: | 10 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042795 Original UID: 22345 FIRST WORD: Compliance | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The purpose of this report is to provide to the General Assembly a recommendation as to whether the current $2 incentive fee provides adequate compensation for the removal of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles. The law requires Illinois EPA to make this determination every three years. This report fulfills the requirement for the first three year reporting period. | | | | Date Created: | 01 22 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042796 Original UID: 22346 FIRST WORD: Report | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about best management practices for dairy production. | | | | Date Created: | 02 22 2006 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042797 Original UID: 22347 FIRST WORD: Best | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 May | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | You can find pollution prevention opportunities all around your facility if you look at things in a new light. This may require a shift in thinking, from How do I get rid of it to How do I prevent it. As you walk through your shop, ask yourself if you can change a process in some way so that it doesnt produce a waste or if you can lower the toxicity of the raw materials you use. | | | | Date Created: | 06 20 2001 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042798 Original UID: 22348 FIRST WORD: Pollution | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The pollution prevention (P2) internship program is coordinated by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The program had its inception in 1989 with the placement of two student interns at two separate industrial facilities in the Chicago area to help them evaluate and implement P2 projects within their facility. The 2002 Technical Summaries booklet highlights the accomplishments of eighteen (18) interns placed at sponsoring organizations during the summer of 2002. | | | | Date Created: | 12 13 2002 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042799 Original UID: 22349 FIRST WORD: Pollution | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This report provides summaries of the summer projects performed during the 2003 Pollution Prevention Internship Program. | | | | Date Created: | 12 19 2003 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042800 Original UID: 22350 FIRST WORD: Pollution | |
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