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Pollution
Prevention/Energy Efficiency Site Visits
Free - Voluntary - Professional
What
is a P2/E2 Site Visit?
A P2/E2 Site Visit is an opportunity for companies interested
in improving their bottom line to have objective outsiders come
on-site to evaluate their operations and suggest ways of saving
money.
P2/E2
site visits are made only at a company's request and are not regulatory
in nature. The resulting operational suggestions are precisely
that - suggestions - which the company chooses to implement or
not, depending on how well they fit within its strategic management
plan.
What
Benefits Can Companies Gain from P2/E2 Site Visits?
Companies which invite DEP staff into their plant for a P2/E2
site visit receive free help in identifying potential opportunities
for preventing pollution by reducing waste. Obviously, any inputs,
whether materials, energy or labor, which are not incorporated
into finished product are waste. Waste is lost profit. By improving
process efficiency and materials handling, substituting materials
and increasing energy efficiency, companies can eliminate or reduce
these losses. Benefits from making such changes can include:
- Reduced costs for
materials, energy, waste handling, reporting, treatment and disposal.
- Increased efficiency
and competitiveness.
- Higher quality product.
- Achievement of non-regulated
status.
- Enhanced image as
an environmentally responsible corporate citizen.
Who is Eligible for
a P2/E2 Site Visit?
Any company, without major unresolved compliance issues, which is
interested in lowering costs by reducing its waste is eligible.
Who Performs P2/E2
Site Visits?
A site visit team is made up of local DEP professionals tailored
to meet your particular facility's needs. A team, with your permission,
may be supplemented with professionals from EPA, Pennsylvania's
Environmental Assistance Agencies and selected academic professionals
so as to deliver to you a focused, specialized group prepared to
address your P2/E2 issues. For
more information on DEP's Site Visits Program please contact:
Dave Althoff -- (717)-705-0372.
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