| Previous Page | Next Page |
 |
 |
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 seventh year, and WMRC anticipates additional funding in FY 2007.
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.
Key resources provided to the public through this network are Topic Hubs. Topic Hubs are web-based guides to peer-reviewed pollution prevention information and expertise on a particular subject. GLRPPR has developed ten of the fifty-eight hubs offered by P2Rx. During the past year, GLRPPR developed the P2 in Arts Education and the Integrated Pest Management in Schools topic hubs. These hubs can be accessed at www.glrppr.org. 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
- Integrated Pest Management in Schools
- P2 in Arts Education
U.S. EPA also awarded WMRC funding to support the operation of GLRPPR for the 11th year in a row. GLRPPR hosted a Strategic Planning Meeting in Chicago. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct a review of state technical assistance program needs and how GLRPPR could respond to those needs. The meeting also served as an opportunity to assess and refine current service provided by GLRPPR. In response some services have been expanded, while others have been revised. The GLRPPR advisory committee continues to implement many of these changes and is in the process of updating the organizational charter to reflect these updates.
 |
GLRPPR also hosted a summer conference in New York City at the New York Academy of Sciences. The conference included a scientific interpretive tour of the New York Harbor on the City of New York Department of Environmental Protection Water Quality Survey Boat, and a tour of a building that is a leading example of sustainable residential living and features solar energy panels, green roofs, recycling of gray water for sanitary re-use, state of the art air purification systems, and much more. The conference featured guest speakers from throughout the Great Lakes region discussing topics such as sustainable recreation, pollution prevention in the urban and suburban environment, industrial programs and activities, local and regional collaborations, and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. There also were presentations about persistent bioaccumulative toxics in the Great Lakes, dioxin reduction initiatives, and electronics waste disposal and legislation. Approximately 55 people attended the conference.
Contents
