1、 API PUBL*317 * W 0732290 0511718 965 W Management support can help overcome a number of cultural and organizational barriers that can hinder a pollution prevention program. The following are elements which historically have been used successfully to demonstrate management support to address such ba
2、rriers: -. Suppoh by management at all levels, made evident to the organization. A clearly-stated policy of top management support for pollution prevention, includ- ing the expectation that all levels of management will seek appropriate pollution prevention opportunities in their operations. W An el
3、evated internal appreciation of environmental issues in general and pollu- tion prevention in particular, by including these issues in the assessment of goals and the performance of operating organizations. W An employee recognition program to promote and reward new and innovative ideas that lead to
4、 pollution prevention. Candor in dealing with internal and external perceptions and expectations regarding industrys environmental performance. Recognition that actions of the government and the public are guided by a belief that industry should do much more to protect and improve the environment. R
5、 Recognition that more environmental regulations and restrictions may be tempered by voluntary actions on the part of industry. Recognition that concerns may arise over changing from the familiar approach of compliance with command-and-control requirements to an approach which emphasizes pollution p
6、revention; however, this change can also offer opportunities. W Acknowledgement that command-and-control requirements can provide certainty, but require specific performance which can also stifle creative and cost-effective solutions. Voluntary pollution prevention offers greater opportunity for fle
7、xibility, creativity and optimization of solutions. W Recognition that a pollution prevention approach provides the greater opportunity to identie and exploit competitive advantages which may not be available under a command-and-control approach. Internal practices requiring that cost-effectiveness
8、evaluations be performed for potential pollution prevention actions, including appropriate consideration of long-term benefits and otherwise historically hidden costs Guidelines to assist in identifiing and quantifying to the extent possible the long- term bene level of public interest, technologica
9、l feasibility and anticipated cost of reduction, and availability of the resources necessary to accomplish the reduction. Opportunities should be identified to move up the wasb management hierarchy (from treatment and disposal to recycling or reuse to source reduction) when feasible and justified. W
10、 Setting realistic reduction goals, both short-term and long-term (e.g., one and five years), using the evaluations of inventoried releases to identi and prioritize the reduction steps which will attain the goals. Combining the goals and the individual reduction steps can form an overall pollution p
11、revention plan for the facility. = Accomplishing reductions, including those identified in the plan, and monitoring and reporting progress. The plan should be flexible and therefore, should be updated periodically to reflect new information or changing situations. , c Communicating pians and resuits
12、 of facility pollution prevention programs D Establishing networks for sharing information among all company facilities about plans, successful (and unsuccessful) reduction techniques, and progress. D Reporting to the company steering committee regularly for consolidation of plans and results for co
13、mmunication to management and others. W Providing feedback to empluyees on successful pollution prevention activities. - i API PUBL*337 * m 0732290 0531720 533 m The API Pollution Prevention pa 104 Stat. 1388,42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq. W 202-682-8375. - i U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Facility
14、Pollution Prevention Guide, Office of Research and Development, EPA/600R-92/088, May 1992. For Copies Call 513-569-7562. Ibtal Quality Management: A Frame- work For Pollution Prevention. Presi- dents Commission on Environmental Quality, January 1993. For copies call 202-395-5750. “Environmental Dividends: Cutting More Chemical Wastes”, M.H. Dorfman, W.R. Muir, C.G. Miller, INFORM, Inc., (1992). For copies call 212/689-4040. Publication Order No 849-31700 Printed On Recycled Papr
