Tools Recommended by P2 Practitioners
The following resources have been recommended for beginning P2 practitioners by experienced TAP staff from several different organizations.
Essential Readings in Pollution Prevention
IDEM P2 for Businesses Module
These materials were developed to train Indiana companies on the basics of starting a pollution prevention program. The in-person workshops included The Fun Factory, an interactive exercise for waste reduction training.
Books
Driving sustainability to business success : management system integration and automation--the DS factor by ISBN: 9781118420263Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Responsible Care: a new strategy for pollution prevention and waste reduction through environmental management by ISBN: 1933762160Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Networking
Use the following resources to find and interact with other P2 practitioners.
Industrial Ecology
Industrial ecology has been defined as a "systems-based, multidisciplinary discourse that seeks to understand emergent behavior of complex integrated human/natural systems". The field approaches issues of sustainability by examining problems from multiple perspectives, usually involving aspects of sociology, the environment, economy and technology.
