The Request for Proposals Clearinghouse at the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center , Seattle. Also check out the Foundation Center for a list of foundations and the types of financial assistance they give. Information is also available on CD Rom and in book form. EPA's financial information home page is a source of information for loans, grants and other sources of funding. With SEPs, companies divert part of their settlement to fund environmental projects that have some sort of relationship to the violation that occurred.
Communities can often benefit.
Click here to see a guidance document on SEPs plus EPA's national database of funded projects . NICE3 provides funding for the demonstration of innovative industrial technologies that reduce waste production. A list of teaching and resource materials is available through the National P2 Center for Higher Education , Michigan. National Source Reduction Characterization Report for Municipal Solid Waste in the United States. Firms coordinate their activities to increase efficient use of raw materials, reduce outputs of waste, conserve energy and water resources, and reduce transportation requirements.