Linked below are a range of P2 resources applicable to the chemical manufacturing industry.
A brief description accompanies each resource, which have been grouped into the following categories:
Organizations & Programs (providing P2 technical assistance)
P2 Experts (on chemical manufacturing - government/non-profits)
P2 Tools (online)
P2 Publications (online)
Please see the Innovative P2 Technologies webpage for links to innovative P2 technologies applicable to the chemical manufacturing industry. Several programs providing grants for the development and/or implementation of innovative P2 technologies are additionally accessible through the Innovative P2 Technologies webpage.
Information on the grant funds available through the Small Chemical Manufacturers P2 Initiative is provided on the Limited Grant Program webpage.
Organizations & Programs
The organizations and programs given below provide technical assistance or significant P2 resources relevant to the chemical industry. Some organizations may limit their assistance to active members or require limited fees. Please contact the organization directly for additional information on the type and extent of assistance offered.
BestPractices
An extensive US DOE Office of Industrial Technologies program that provides in-plant assessments, tools, training, grants, and other resources to help manufacturers identify and implement best opportunities to cut energy use and save money.
Center for Waste Reduction Technologies
This AIChE program identifies, develops, and shares non-proprietary technology and management tools that measurably enhance the economic value of their members while addressing issues of sustainability and environmental stewardship.
ChemAlliance This US EPA compliance assistance center provides up-to-date information concerning the environmental regulations affecting the chemical industry. The site additionally provides regulatory and compliance tools, extensive website links, and P2 information relevant to the chemical industry.
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
A nonprofit, fee based organization providing a range of technical assistance services including P2 technologies and strategies, and innovative technology demonstration facilities.
Green Business Network
A joint resource between NEETF and GreenBiz.com focusing on mentoring and technical assistance organizations and resources, with the goal of providing information, learning opportunities and networking that strengthens business environmental performance and the bottom line.
Green Chemistry Institute
The American Chemical Society partnership provides, describes, or links to numerous resources promoting P2 through chemistry.
Green Chemistry Program
An elaborate US EPA program of projects, tools, grants, and other resources promoting and furthering the use of chemistry for pollution prevention.
Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) Located at the University of Michigan, the IAC provides confidential energy, waste, and productivity assessments at no charge to small and mid-sized manufactures in Michigan and northern Ohio.
Industries of the Future – Chemicals
An extensive US DOE Office of Industrial Technologies program providing partnerships, grants, tools, publications, and other resources with the goal of achieving greater energy efficiency and pollution prevention in the chemical industry. Included is a listing of commercially available and emerging P2 technologies relevant to the chemical industry
Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC)
MMTC works with small and mid-sized manufacturers to assist them in minimizing environmental impact while increasing profitability and reducing costly liabilities by providing site visits and needs assessment to help companies identify how to reduce waste, understand environmental risks, improve compliance to regulations, or implement an EMS based on the ISO 14001 standard.
Office of Industrial Technologies
“Ask an Expert” program of the US DOE Office of Industrial Technologies answers technical questions about your motor, steam, compressed air, and combined heat and power systems through their toll free phone line 800-862-2086.
National Specialty-Batch Chemical Sector Project
A long term project under the Sustainable Industry Program to develop EPA policies leading to cleaner, cheaper, and smarter environmental management of the specialty-batch chemical industry sector.
Retired Engineers Technical Assistance Program (RETAP)
RETAP provides confidential on-site P2 assessments for Michigan businesses with less than 500 employees, free of charge.
P2 Experts
Contact information for government and non-profit “P2 experts” in chemicals manufacturing can be obtained from the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable by clicking on “contacts,” then clicking on Alphabetical
List of Sector Areas of Expertise,” and then clicking on “Chemicals Manufacturing.” There are approximately 15 people listed on this website.
P2 Tools (online)
The software or Internet based tools described below may be of interest to small chemical manufacturers
BestPractices Offers software tools for evaluating savings and effectiveness of energy efficiency measures for air compressors, motors, pumping systems, adjustable speed drives, boilers and steam systems.
Green Chemistry Expert System
The tool allows users to build a green chemical process, design a green chemical, or survey the field of green chemistry.
IAC DATABASE
Containing information from more than 7000 plant assessments, this database allows you to identify plants that are similar to yours and know what types of efficiency, waste reduction and productivity improvements were most frequently recommended.
P2 Framework Models
The P2 Framework Project offers various models to industry that may be useful in identifying potential problem chemicals and processes early in the research and development process.
P2/FINANCE
This tool is a spreadsheet software for conducting financial evaluations of current and potential investments. It is unique among capital budgeting tools, because it expressly addresses traditional obstacles to the financial justification of pollution prevention (P2) investments.
PBT Profiler –
The tool estimates the environmental persistence, bioconcentration potential, and aquatic toxicity characteristics for organic chemicals where no such data exists. The PBT Profiler is intended to aid users by incorporating P2 principles in the design, development, and selection of chemicals.
Program for Assisting the Replacement of Industrial Solvents (PARIS II)
A software tool that can design new solvents and identify "green" replacements for solvents currently in use. The user needs to know only the composition of the solvent to be replaced in order to run the program.
US EPA Chemical Registry System
This database provides a comprehensive index of regulatory information for every chemical substance the US EPA regulates. The system allows one to quickly determine if a chemical is regulated, view the regulatory lists that the chemical is on, and easily check, using a matrix display, which environmental laws the chemical is covered under.
P2 Publications
The publications given below may provide valuable P2 information to chemical manufacturers.
The following organizations provide a range of P2 or energy efficiency publications:
A New Vision: An Organizational Guide to Pollution Prevention
This guide takes a new look at P2, providing lessons learned from the last twelve years and focusing on incorporating P2 into the mainstream operations of any organization. Traditional tools (i.e. the P2 assessment and worksheet methodology, the ISO 14000 environmental management system approach, and the Green Zia Program/Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program) are adapted to provide a logical methodology for accomplishing systematic P2 and environmental improvement.
A Pollution Prevention Report from the Chemical Manufacturers Association
The report details the guiding principals and P2 successes of CMA’s Responsible Care member companies.
A Self-Assessment Workbook for Small Manufacturers
This workbook provides the small manufacturer with a self assessment method of improving operations and reducing costs. In addition to presenting a general procedure for performing assessments of manufacturing plants, the reader is supplied with the information necessary to implement several specific cost savings projects which are
common to most operations.
Amway’s Clean-in-Place System
By installing a clean-in-place system, the facility was able to reduce labor, material, environmental costs, and time requirements associated with production cleaning.
Concise Self-Assessment Guide to Environmental Sustainable Commerce
A West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum publication to help identify ways to increase efficiency, reduce energy demands, and reduce negative environmental impacts.
Designing Products and Services with Sustainable Attributes
A West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum publication to assist companies in designing products with sustainable attributes based on an environmental impact matrix.
Energy and Environmental Profile of the U.S. Chemical Industry, DOE – OIT, May 2000
Enhancing Supply Chain Performance with Environmental Cost Information: Examples from Commonwealth Edison, Andersen Corporation, and Ashland Chemical This case study report illustrates how supply chain management practices can be improved by determining the financial impact of environmental improvements.
Environmental Cost Accounting for Chemical and Oil Companies: A Benchmarking Study The study compares environmental accounting approaches at five different oil and chemical companies.
Georgia-Gulf Vinyl Chloride Monomer Reactors
Georgia-Gulf replaced five fluidized bed oxyhydrochlorinators with one fixed bed reactor system for making vinyl chloride monomer.
Install Removable Insulation on Uninsulated Valves and Fittings
Monomer Storage and Handling Improvements at Novacor Chemicals, Inc.
New Jersey Chemical Industry Project: A Sector-Based Approach to “Cleaner, Cheaper, Smarter
A collaborative project to help the batch chemical manufacturing industry in New Jersey adopt a "cleaner, cheaper, smarter" approach to environmental management.
Pollution Prevention for Chemical Processes: A Handbook with Solved Problems from the Refining and Chemical Processing Industries
Designed to be suitable for use in short courses or training sessions, the handbook details how to identify and select P2 options for chemical processes.
Pollution Prevention Guide for Small Chemical Manufacturing Operations
An introductory guide on basic P2 options and motivations for the small chemical manufacturer.
Preventing Industrial Pollution at its Source: A Final Report of the Michigan Source Reduction Initiative
This report details a project undertaken by NRDC, Dow Chemical, and a group of five community activists to reduce waste and emissions at Dow's Midland, Michigan, chemical manufacturing plant. The project, begun in late 1996 and completed in April 1999, aimed to achieve its 35 percent reduction goal through P2. The project exceeded that goal, achieving emission reductions of 43 percent.
Promoting Chemical Recycling: Resource Conservation in Chemical Manufacturing
Defines five materials recycling scenarios that are potentially applicable to many batch chemical manufacturers and how the recycling activities envisioned in the scenarios relate to current federal hazardous waste regulations. One scenario has been implemented.
Searching for the Profit in Pollution Prevention: Case Studies in the Corporate Evaluation of Environmental Opportunities
The document provides case studies of chemical manufacturers that made some type of investment or product marketing effort involving pollution prevention practices and the outcome of these efforts.
Sun Chemical Forms Venture to Conserve Natural Resources in Michigan
A joint venture between Sun Chemical and Lomac to reuse non-contact cooling water and treated wastewater in their chemical manufacturing processes.
Technology Vision 2020: The U.S. Chemical Industry
The Lean and Green Supply Chain: A Practical Guide for Material Managers and Supply Chain Managers to Reduce Costs and Improve Environmental Performance
This booklet illustrates the efficiency-enhancing opportunities that arise when companies incorporate environmental costs and benefits into mainstream materials and supply chain management decision-making.
Toolbook for Financing Energy Efficiency and Pollution Prevention Technologies
The toolbook is intended to provide manufacturers with a step-by-step guide to financing and technical assistance. This guidebook is divided into six sections: Background, Options & Strategies, Case Studies, Federal Programs, State Programs, and Sponsors.
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