They can endanger public health and welfare, and the environment. Their cleanup is often difficult and very costly. Because it is much easier and cheaper to prevent waste than to clean it up, there is a cultural change taking place that is being promoted by the US EPA and by state governments. A direct benefit is that waste management costs will go down. That is certainly true when it comes to protecting human health and the environment.
Pollution prevention is a powerful tool.
And since pollution prevention is a multi-media holistic concept, the tools being presented here are being presented as a whole. In a few cases where the tools apply only to one media, like air, that has been noted. Policy and Planning Tools Regulatory Tools Technical Tools Financial Tools Other Tools Policy and Planning Tools Vic Young Pollution Prevention Information Network . This site is managed by the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable. The Pollution Prevention Yellow Pages put out by the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable.