WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING AND POLLUTION PREVENTION Sample Clauses

WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING AND POLLUTION PREVENTION. The Energy and Pollution Prevention Bureau (EPPB) manages waste reduction and recycling programs as well as pollution prevention, compliance assistance, energy conservation, renewable energy, and energy policy work. This work relates directly to EPA’s Solid and Hazardous Waste Minimization efforts and the Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) initiatives. SMM is an approach to reduce negative environmental and societal impacts across the life cycle of materials from resource extraction, manufacturing, use, reuse, recycling and disposal. Efficiencies gained in SMM approaches can result in less energy used, more efficient use of materials, more efficient movement of goods and services, conservation of water and reduced volume and toxicity of waste. The SMM is built on working partnerships among EPA, states, industry and other stakeholders. The goals and work plan to achieve initiative outcomes will include all SMM priority areas. However, EPPB emphasis for FY 2014/2015 will be in the areas of rural recycling, electronics recycling, green schools, construction and demolition waste materials and expanded market development for oil field waste materials. EPPB implements state statutes relating to waste reduction throughout Montana and within state government. Those statutes include the Montana Integrated Waste Management Act that prioritizes waste management in the order of source reduction, re-use, recycling/composting, and disposal. The EPPB will finalize the 2013 update of Montana’s Integrated Waste Management Plan during the FY 2014. Success of bureau initiatives will be measured against Montana statutes 75-10-803(2), MCA. Currently, the target goal is 22 % of the state’s solid waste to be recycled, composted, or diverted by year-end 2015. EPPB conducts the majority of the agency’s environmental sustainability initiatives and encourages adoption of environmental best management practices. Bureau programs offer assistance to small business owners to meet air quality regulations; develop and implement strategies to increase the use of renewable energy; conduct trainings and provide information on energy efficiency in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings; encourage efficient transportation modes and fuels; assist in creating new markets for Montana’s waste resources. This focus allows for integrated services to Montanans in many different sectors. Pollution prevention and sustainability efforts are successfully incorporated in several programs...