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 | A Resource Guide to Pollution Prevention in the Health Care Sector - 2001 The purpose of this guide is to summarize the key materials from the 2001 Pollution Prevention Training Workshop offered to hospitals and health care facilities in Ontario and to provide hospital and health care staff the basics of pollution prevention to reinforce the potential for applications in their normal activities. Price: $50.00 | |
| Pollution Prevention Program Manual: P2 Planning and Beyond In 2000, the Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention began to develop a course directed towards pollution prevention practitioners - professionals who are responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining pollution prevention programs. This manual is intended to serve as the core text for that training course - a course which will help professionals launch and sustain a successful pollution prevention program. Price: $75.00 | |
| Pollution Prevention Workshop and Resource Guides. 1996. Printing Community Designed for staff, management and/or owners, and suppliers, the guides summarize key workshop materials and provide the basics of practical pollution prevention as applied to typical operating activities of industrial and institutional sectors. Price: $20.00 | |
| ISO 14000 Guidance Document for a Business Community. This publication will assist small and medium enterprises in the Emery Creek Environmental Association to learn about the usefulness of the ISO 14000 Environmental Management System in addressing their common environmental challenges. The document provides examples of successful solutions to environmental problems; lists performance indicators for evaluating a company’s environmental management; a hands-on workbook with checklists, simple flow diagrams and pull-out tables; and more. Price: $15.00 | |
| Introductory Guide to Environmental Accounting. The purpose of this guide is not only to make the reader aware of the relevance and usefulness of environmental accounting, but also to show how such an environmental information management system can prove useful as a tool for management, decision support and accountability. Copies françaises aussi disponibles. Price: $25.00 | |
| Environment Code of Management Practice (CMP) for Textile Care Operations, 1997. . This manual will assist textile care specialists across Canada in creating more environmentally conscious processes in their plants. The focus of the CMP is to assist dry cleaners in creating management systems that identify opportunities for reducing the potential occurrence of environmentally damaging incidents, and the prevention of discharges of cleaning solvents and process waste products into the environment. Price: $12.00 | |
| Blueprint for Mercury Elimination: A Guidebook for Wastewater Treatment Plants. This Blueprint describes the findings of Western Lake Superior Sanitary District’s two-year Mercury Discharge Project and provides information to assist wastewater treatment staff with creating and implementing their own mercury reduction projects. Free | |
| Environmental Code of Management Practice for Laundry Operations. This 1996 document provides laundries with the information and tools necessary to implement a site-specific Environmental Code of Practice (CMP). Topics include CMP committee responsibilities, risk identification, pollution prevention planning, housekeeping, preventative maintenance, inspections and records, employee training and more. Free | |
| The Citizen’s Guide to Pollution Prevention. 2005 This 48-page Citizen’s Guide is designed to give citizens the knowledge to start realizing their pollution prevention (P2) goals. Inside this guide you can learn about what industry and governments are doing to reduce and eliminate pollution, not just transfer pollutants to a different location or a different medium. The guide also offers ways for you and your community to contribute to P2. Includes resources for further information. Click here to downloaded the guide for free. Copies français aussi disponibles. Price: $10.00 | |
| Pollution Prevention Planning Guidance Document and Workbook. Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s guide for the development and implementation of pollution prevention activity for industrial, commercial or institutional businesses. Copies françaises aussi disponibles. Click here to downloaded the guide for free. Free | |
| Tips for Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generators. Booklet on hazardous waste and management techniques. Free | |
| ENERGY STAR® Purchasing Guide This guide is designed to help organizations purchase energy-efficient products, while working within their own framework and rules. Information provided within this guide includes: the benefits of ENERGY STAR® qualified products; listing of products eligible for the ENERGY STAR symbol; step-by-step implementation plan for energy-efficient purchasing; examples of procurement language; making the business case for ENERGY STAR qualified products; and additional resources. Free | |
| Environmental Management Systems Training Manual This manual includes practical P2 concepts, and ISO 14000 workbook, and information regarding Environmental Management Systems for Small and Medium- sized enterprises. Price: $60.00 | |
| P2 Fact Sheets: Simplified Process Audit (SPA) The environmental management of industrial facilities constitutes a major challenge for business. Market globalization, increased competition and better product quality mean that cutting-edge technology is vital to enabling Canadian industries to penetrate today’s marketplace and export their products and services. Industry needs simple and effective tools to reconcile production demands with sound environmental management. The Simplified Process Audit (SPA) offers a solution. It allows plant administrators to foster a pollution prevention approach based, in part, on economic considerations, but focused primarily on environmental concerns. Pollution prevention fact sheets, produced by Environment Canada - Quebec Region, are available describing the audit methodology and its in-plant application. Free | |
| Consume This - Buying That Matters The information and resources provided in the booklet help to raise awareness among youth about the effects that their choices have on the environment. Issues addressed in the booklet, including; resource conservation, consumer behavior, and environmentally-friendly production; are presented in a manner relevant to teens. Examples such as “The Life-Cycle of a T-Shirt”, “What’s in a Soccer Ball”, and “How to Pack a Litterless Lunch” introduce young people to the concept of sustainable consumption using a practical and relevant approach. Click here to downloaded the guide for free. Price: $6.00 | |
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