WSPPN Newsletter - June 2016

Coming soon!

 

Pollution Prevention Week
September 19-25

Pollution Prevention Week is an opportunity for individuals, businesses, and governments to emphasize and highlight their pollution prevention activities and achievements, and commit to new actions.
Past
Webinars
Safer Alternative to Floor Wax Stripper
Dr. Katy Wolf presented the findings and results of a project that addressed three methods for reducing or eliminating the risk of exposure to these strippers to maintenance workers, students, teachers, building workers and the general public. 

 

If you would like to share your P2 program news or success stories, please send your content to [email protected] to be included in an upcoming newsletter.
 
              EPA Tools              
Charting a Path Towards Zero Waste
 
The Managing and Transforming Waste Streams Tool: Explore 100 policies and programs communities can implement to reduce the amount of waste disposed in landfills and promote waste prevention and materials reuse across waste generation sectors.  Access city and county ordinance, contract, and franchise agreement language and program websites. Learn more
 

New Climate Friendly Purchasing Toolkit
  
The West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum just released its Climate Friendly Purchasing Toolkit, which is a great resource for any public or private organization looking to reduce the GHG footprint of their supply chain. Learn more

 
  Regional Activities  

 Hawaii

The State of Hawaii has a bold energy agenda - to achieve 100 percent clean energy by the year 2045!
 
Upcoming Events

NELHA Energy Storage Conference
September 12-13, 2016
Sheraton Kona at Keauhou Bay
 

Past Events

VERGE Hawaii 2016 Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit

VERGE Hawaii was a live and virtual event held June 21-23 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu. The event  was targeted to those seeking to seize the renewable energy opportunity, whether in Hawaii or elsewhere, by learning from leaders already working to build a sustainable energy future.

Click here to watch the archive event.

 
            P2 in Transportation          
What vehicle tire strategies and technologies are available to save fuel?
(Source: Clean Cities Technical Response Service Team -
US Department of Energy)
 
It's easy to understand why tires are essential to a vehicle, but tires also play an important role in your vehicle's fuel economy . Tires affect resistance on the road and, therefore, how hard the engine needs to work to move the vehicle. By maintaining proper tire inflation or investing in low rolling resistance or super-single tires , you can improve your vehicle's fuel economy. Whether you drive a light-duty (LDV) or heavy-duty vehicle (HDV), there is a tire strategy or technology to help you increase your miles per gallon (mpg).

Click here  for full blog article.

WSPPN

University of Nevada Reno

Business Environmental Program

www.wsppn.org

 

WSPPN is a proud member of P2Rx (www.P2Rx.org).