Background Institutions of higher education help advance the field of pollution prevention by developing new curriculum, conducting basic research and providing technical guidance to industry. While these efforts have been successful, a regional network of P2 educators can nurture individual P2 programs and unite a diverse assembly of universitybased P2 activities. After an initial brainstorming meeting, the Pollution Prevention Consortium of New England Universities was launched in the spring of 1993 with eleven charter member universities. The P2 Consortium defines pollution prevention in accordance with the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and U.S. EPA Administrator Carol Browner's 1993 Pollution Prevention Policy Statement. Pollution prevention means eliminating or reducing the generation of pollutants at the source, and conserving resources.
Pollution prevention occupies the top rung of a hierarchy of environmental protection methods.
Comprehensive evaluation of the environmental impacts of products and activities over their entire life cycle. Robert Guillemin P2 Consortium Coordinator Northeast Waste Management Officials Assoc.