About Pollution Prevention (P2) Planning

Background about the Waste Reduction Policy Act, its requirements, and resources to help you get the most from planning.

Pollution Prevention Planning
Use the Pollution Prevention Planning Guide to meet the WRPA requirements while reducing risks, eliminating waste, and saving money!

P2 Executive Summary
Worksheet 6 (Word) or Worksheet 6 (PDF) will help you complete the Executive Summary. See Tables 4 and 5 (PDF) for a quick reference on what is required.

P2 Annual Progress Report (APR)
Background information about this report, which WRPA requires some facilities to submit each year.

P2 APR Reporting Forms:
You can download a Word printed version (Word) or a PDF printed version (PDF) and its instructions (PDF).

You may also review our online instructions and examples to help you estimate the amount of waste reduced at its source to meet the P2 Annual Progress Reporting requirements.

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Online APR reporting will be available through STEERS

The P2 Annual Progress Report (APR) can now be submitted online through the State of Texas Environmental Electronic Reporting System (STEERS) during the online reporting period May 15 - July 15.

Outside of this reporting window, you may still use STEERS to edit your P2 contacts and to view past APR submissions.

You must have a STEERS account and have registered your P2 ID to submit an online APR.  For more information, please see P2 Data Submission, Updating, and Availability.

Executive Summaries due January 1, 2012

If your facility received the notification letter dated August 17, 2011, a new or revised P2 Plan must be in place, with the Executive Summary and signed Certificate of Completeness and Correctness (C3)submitted to the P2 team by January 1.

Please see the Pollution Prevention Planning Guide (RG-409, available for download on this page) for more information on the Waste Reduction Policy Act and P2 Plan requirements.

If you believe your facility received a letter in error, for more information, or for additional assistance, please contact the P2 team at: P2@tceq.texas.gov or 512-239-3143

P2 database upgrades and changes

The P2 program database is now linked into the TCEQ Central Registry.  All P2 facilities have been assigned a P2 progam ID that can be found in the Central Registry records.

P2 IDs are assigned to the Regulated Entity (RN) and Customer (CN) Numbers associated with the facility Solid Waste Registration (SWR) ID.  This will be required of all P2 facilities with SWR IDs. If no SWR ID exists, the P2 ID is assigned to the most recent, or active, RN and CN.

All P2 facilities without an existing, active RN or CN will be assigned a RN and a CN by P2 staff, and entered into Central Registry for tracking purposes.

For more information or assistance, please contact the P2 team at: P2@tceq.texas.gov or 512-239-3143

Success Stories

Visit the Zero Waste Network webpage to read hundreds of success stories and find a company just like yours that saved money by reducing their waste at its source.

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Resources

Reduce Waste and Save Money! Use these links to enhance your P2 efforts!

P2 Resources
These tools can help increase the effectiveness of your pollution prevention plans.

P2 Planner
Use this interactive tool to help prepare your P2 Plan and Executive Summary.

RENEW
RENEW is a materials-exchange network for industries, businesses, and governmental units who wish to sell surplus materials, by-products, and wastes to those who will reclaim or reuse them.

U.S. EPA
Find additional P2 information and ideas at the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Pollution Prevention website.