The Environmental Assistance Office provides a number of services that are designed to assist Vermont business and industry in their efforts to increase efficiency, decrease costs and PREVENT POLLUTION. These services include:

Pollution Prevention Planning
Waste Reduction Specialists can assist industrial and other facilities with all aspects of Pollution Prevention Planning, from developing a policy statement to identifying opportunities to prevent waste.

Research Assistance
Pollution Prevention Program staff can perform library and electronic literature and information searches for businesses that are interested in identifying cleaner manufacturing technologies or less toxic/hazardous materials.

Waste Reduction Assessments
Waste Reduction Specialists are available to perform environmental assessments at your facility that will identify opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of your business while increasing efficiencies, improving working conditions and decreasing compliance costs and liability.

Conferences/Workshops/Training
The Pollution Prevention Program develops and sponsors industry and process specific workshops, conferences and training programs that help to keep Vermont businesses up to date on the latest technologies and practices to reduce waste.

For more information, contact:

Paul Van Hollebeke, Waste Prevention Specialist
Telephone: (800) 974-9559 or (802) 241-3629