About Pollution Prevention (P2) Planning

WRPA

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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Annual Progress Reports

Annual Progress Reports (APRs) covering the calendar year of 2012 are due July 1, 2013.  The P2 APR can be submitted online through the State of Texas Environmental Electronic Reporting System (STEERS) during the online reporting period May 15 - July 1. For more information, please see P2 Data Submission, Updating, and Availability.

Please note that submission through STEERS will be the only way to obtain an electronic confirmation of submission. Staff will not be sending confirmation emails for APRs submitted by email or mail.

2013 Environmental Trade Fair & Conference

The next ETFC is scheduled for April 30-May 1, 2013. For more information please visit the "TCEQ Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops" page.

Revised Executive Summaries due Jan 1, 2013

Revised Executive Summaries are due January 1, 2013, for facilities with a P2 plan covering years 2008-2012.

Also, if your facility reported as a small or large quantity generator on the Annual Waste Summary and/or reported on TRI Form R, for the first time in 2012, you must have a P2 Plan in place, and submit an Executive Summary to the P2 team, by January 1, 2013.

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

Pollution Prevention and Lean Principals Workshops

Please visit the Zero Waste Network Workshops and Trainings website for information and additional training opportunities. 

Or for more information or 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 linked into the TCEQ Central Registry.  All P2 facilities have been assigned a P2 program ID that can be found in the Central Registry records.

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.