More About Case Studies

A case study becomes the basis for recognizing an organization's successful and innovative pollution prevention, waste reduction, or energy conservation effort(s) with a Prevention/Environment/Prosperity (P/E/P) Award. The P/E/P Award was presented at the Natural Resources Board meeting by Department of Natural Resources Secretary George Meyer. (The P/E/P Award is no longer being awarded.)

A case study is a brief three to four page description of an example of industrial mission or waste reduction, or energy saving, through implementation of one or more of the pollution prevention techniques described below:

• Good Operating Practices
  These are procedural measures that an organization can implement to encourage source reduction. Some examples include: developing a pollution prevention program, improved material handling and inventory practices, loss prevention, waste segregation, and efficient production scheduling.
• Technology Changes
  Modifications to equipment or a process that results in a reduction of waste or emissions primarily in a production setting. These changes include production processes, equipment layout or piping changes, use of automation, or changes in operating conditions (like temperature, flow rates, pressures, residence time, etc.).
• Material Substitutions
  Changes in materials that reduce or eliminate the hazardous substance that enters the production process.
• Product Redormation
  Changes in product design or composition to reduce waste resulting from the product's use.
• Closed Loop Recycling
  Use/Reuse is the return of a waste or emission, either to the originating process or another process as a substitute for an input material. Reclamation is the recovery of valuable material from a waste stream or emission for resale to another industry.

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