National Pollution Prevention Week is a time when businesses, environmental groups and citizens can join forces to share information about pollution prevention and how it can help businesses become more competitive and reduce their environmental footprint.

The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable offers dozens of resources you can use to reduce your energy, waste disposal and water use costs and make your workplace healthier for your employees..

Visit the P2 Pays Library, consult industry experts, see how others just like you have reduced their environmental impact and saved money at the same time by visiting the Resources Section of the Roundtable.

You can also download a copy of the 5-page Green Makes $ense publication produced by PA Environment Digest which guides businesses and other organizations to resources in Pennsylvania that can help you prevent pollution and reduce energy costs. It covers topics like -- how to identify opportunities for saving energy, reducing waste, building green and financial assistance are all included.

Learn how you can reduce pollution at home, on the farm and at school with another Digest publication Earth Day 2005.

Already doing good stuff to prevent pollution and want to teach others? You can learn how the power of communication can be harnessed to promote a sustainable lifestyle from a new publication by the United Nations Environment Program called “Communicating Sustainability – How to Produce Effective Public Campaigns”

9/16/2005