WMRC is a national and regional leader in developing advanced information tools for environmental applications. WMRC coordinates two federally funded projects that provide decision-making resources to customers across the nation. The Center also is part of a national network about pollution prevention.
P2Rx and GLRPPR
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The Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx™) is a consortium of eight regional pollution prevention information centers, funded in part by the EPA. These centers all provide pollution prevention information, networking opportunities and other services to states, local governments and technical assistance providers in their region. U.S. EPA awarded WMRC funding to support the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx) for the sixth year in a row.
The Midwest P2Rx center is known as the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR). This organization is coordinated by WMRC. Through its participation in P2Rx, the Roundtable is able to expand the services and products provided to the entire Great Lakes Region as well as provide quality and cost-effective national products.
Topic Hubs are web-based guides to peer-reviewed pollution prevention information and expertise on a particular subject. GLRPPR has developed eight of the Sixty-two Hubs offered by P2Rx. During the past year, GLRPPR developed the P2 & Environmental Security, the Technology Diffusion, and the Great Lakes Regional Salvage Yard topic hubs. These hubs can be accessed at www.glrppr.org/hubs. GLRPPR also continues to expand and improve topic hubs that it previously developed, which include:
- Regulatory Integration
- Mercury In Schools
- Mercury In Healthcare
- Lithographic Printing
- Flexographic Printing
- Technology Diffusion
- P2 & Environmental Security
- Great Lakes Regional Salvage Yards
U.S. EPA also awarded WMRC funding to support the operation of GLRPPR for the 10th year in a row. This year, GLRPPR helped plan and promote the international Envirotech Expo held in Chicago. GLRPPR Executive Director Deb Jacobson served on the Envirotech Technical Program planning committee. All Envirotech promotional literature included GLRPPR as a sponsor of the week-long program.
GLRPPR also hosted a half day program at McCormick Place in Chicago in March, which was attended by 35 people. Program topics included "Sustainability Measurement in Paper Manufacturing," "Light Resin Transfer Molding Technology," "Evaluation of Low Cost Chairside Amalgam Separation Systems," and "The Impact of Used Electronics on the Waste Stream and U.S. EPA's Electronic Waste Initiatives E." GLRPPR staff also spent a large amount of time this year coordinating with the New York steering committee members to plan the Summer 2005 conference at the New York Academy of Science in New York City.
PNEAC
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The Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC) is one of the national compliance assistance centers established by U.S. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. WMRC has received funding from the U.S. EPA to coordinate PNEAC since 1995. PNEAC maintains services to industry and government agency staff including
- on-line, direct technical and compliance assistance to printers;
- a comprehensive web site that provides environmental compliance, safety and technical resources specific to the commercial printing industry.
Fact sheets and case studies continue to be a key resource available on the PNEAC web site. Over the last year, the Universal Waste fact sheet was updated to reflect changes in the federal Universal Waste regulations. New fact sheets were added to the web page including PCB and DEHP in Lighting Ballasts, EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Compliance at Printing Facilities, EPCRA Reporting Requirements for Printers, and TRI/HAP Chemical List for Printers written by Debra Jacobson. Other fact sheets written by subcontractors to WMRC for this project published MACT Standard for Boilers & Process Heaters fact sheet, Computer-to-Plate (CtP) Systems and Environmental Compliance, VOC/HAP Emissions from Sheetfed Offset Printing. These fact sheets and other resources maintained by WMRC staff and project subcontractors can be accessed at www.pneac.org.
PNEAC served as a co-sponsor of the Printers National Environmental Health & Safety Conference held in Tampa, Florida in March 2005. PNEAC has co-sponsored the program for ten years.
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