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full collection of the best publications on this topic,
all available on CDROM.
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Guides for Implementing A CP Program
The Green
Guide on Trimming Your Office Waste is a well-organized website that has a lot of
practical tips. So is this
Green Office Guide from New
Zealand. and this one from the UK, both have neat graphics too.
Waste at
Work: Prevention Strategies for the Bottom Line is an outstanding, big,
comprehensive guide to waste minimization and conservation in departments and offices.
Appropriate for all organizations but especially for large ones. Large PDF
files; AVAILABLE ON THE CDROM.
See the Greatest Hits pages for a collection
of the best manuals on water and energy conservation!
The Facility Manager's Guide to Water Management is a good technical
manual with many worksheets and tables of data for calculating water efficiency measures.
Also includes management practices and additional resources information. AVAILABLE ON THE CDROM.
WaterWiser is the American Waterworks
Association's water conservation information center. It has a huge number of resources.
Connecting The Drops is
a very interesting new tool and website designed to help large businesses build a
well-tailored water strategy that fits the business' needs and circumstances. Case studies
highlight ways that companies can create business value by pursuing the sustainable
management of water resources. The tool enables organizations to better understand their
relationship to water throughout the value chain, identify opportunities and risks, assess
the business case for action, and develop and implement continual improvement-based water
strategies.
The US EPA
Energy Star program is perhaps the most helpful website for business and energy
efficiency. They offer the excellent manual, Putting Energy into Profits.
You can - and should - download it after visiting the site and joining the program
(for free). However non-USA organizations are not eligible to join. But...
You can download the publication for free from this link.
AVAILABLE ON THE CDROM.
Consumer Energy
Information is from the US Department of Energy and links to many resources.
The Center
for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology has a huge collection of energy
efficiency links.
The Greenhouse Gas
Technology Information Exchange has a database of thousands of companies involved in
greenhouse gas mitigation, which is strongly focused on energy conservation.
These sites have practical guides for reducing waste from vehicle repair and
maintenance:
Pollution
Prevention in the Auto Repair Sector is a webpage with links to excellent technical
resources, fact sheets and more.
Pollution
prevention guide for automotive repair shops is a good short guide.
Is it toxic or dangerous? If you live in North America, commercial
cleaning products are supposed to come with Material Safety Data Sheets. For a vast
amount of information about these important resources, see Where To Find Material Safety Data Sheets
on the Internet.
The Janitorial
Products Pollution Prevention Project has a lot of information about how to keep a
clean and environmentally safe office.
Non-Toxic Cleaning and Holistic
Health Resources and Then Some! has hundreds of tips about ways to clean around the
house and office without using toxic chemicals.
Hints from Heloise is produced by the
famous newspaper columnist and has information for cleaning just about anything around the
house or office.
The US EPA Indoor Air Quality
site is the largest and most informative site on this topic.
The California Indoor Air
Quality Program has a big collection of resources and links.
All of the manuals below are available on the Greatest
Hits of CP CDROM.
The Good Housekeeping
Guide for Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises is an excellent guide for getting
started in environmental management by improving housekeeping practices. It includes
simple analysis tools and guidance with examples. Also good for larger companies.
Cleaner Production Manual for Small and Medium Enterprise provides a
program for CP implementation in five modules. It includes case studies, worksheets,
guides for calculations, and step-by step procedures. The website also has lots of
other good CP information.
The Small Business
Waste Reduction Guide includes a brief overview of waste reduction concepts and
opportunities (Section 2), brief waste reduction tip sheets (Section 3), case studies
(Section 4), information on U.S. environmental regulations (Section 5), and waste
reduction checklists (Section 6). Also included are a set of promotional materials,
contact information, and reference lists geared mostly toward a U.S. audience.
Waste Minimization: An
Environmental Good Practice Guide is a comprehensive and reasonably detailed guide
covering most common aspects of operations. It is available from the Envirowise
website, which has a very large amount of CP resources. It is necessary to register
(for free) to use the website and download the publications, but it is quite worth it.
