This can reduce spillage. For example, prepare chemicals in pellet form instead of powder, to reduce dust emissions. Substitute less toxic or non-toxic materials as raw products. This fact sheet should only be an introduction to pollution prevention since new ideas are always being developed. Mention of a specific practice should not be considered an unqualified endorsement, and not every practice is suitable for every facility.
Pollution prevention requires a new attitude about pollution control.
Traditional thinking places all the responsibility on a few environmental experts in charge of treatment. The new focus makes pollution prevention everyone's responsibility. Preventing pollution may be a new role for production-oriented managers and workers, but their cooperation is crucial. It will be the workers themselves who must make pollution prevention succeed in the workplace. Management commitment and employee participation are vital to a successful pollution prevention program.