Transferability IAMS participates in numerous pollution prevention organizations and forums to share its experience and learn from others. IAMS is also an active member of the NIST Environmental Working Group, meeting regularly with manufacturing extension centers nationwide to share tools and methods for working with manufacturers. Collaborating is an excellent example of how IAMS shares pollution prevention experiences with others. For industry, these collaboratives are designed as a method for members to exchange pollution prevention experiences and learn together. The key performance measure used by IAMS to judge its organizational success is economic impact.
Every project done with a company is designed to make it more competitive.
This is usually done by reducing the cost of goods sold. While most pollution prevention projects will save disposal costs, even greater savings are often realized in labor, raw materials and compliance costs. These are actual savings realized after implementation, not potential savings based on recommendations. This is one in a series of documents Ohio EPA has prepared to promote pollution prevention activities in Ohio and integrate pollution prevention into Ohio EPA programs. The Office of Pollution Prevention was created to encourage multi-media pollution prevention activities in Ohio to reduce risk to public health, safety, welfare and the environment.