Many firms have adapted these general techniques to the wastes associated with their operations. A Pollution Prevention Fact Sheet tailored to your business may also be available. Pollution prevention is good business. While most pollution control strategies cost money, pollution prevention has saved many firms thousands of dollars in treatment and disposal costs alone. Many companies have already discovered the tremendous benefits of pollution prevention.
Smaller companies can also benefit.
Reduce vulnerability to lawsuits and improve its public image Generate income from wastes that can be sold Each of the pollution prevention practices described in this fact sheet is an extension of the simple but powerful idea that it makes far more sense to eliminate the generation of waste than to develop complex and costly treatment schemes once it has been generated. A systematic approach will produce better results than piecemeal efforts. An essential first step is a comprehensive waste audit. The waste audit identifies all operations that produce waste, and the areas where waste may be reduced. Setting up a pollution prevention program does not require exotic or expensive technologies.