1. Techniques that eliminate waste prior to treatment, such as changing ingredients in a chemical reaction.
2. Identifying areas, processes and activities that create excessive waste products or pollutants in order to reduce or prevent them through alteration or elimination of a process.
3. The EPA has initiated a number of voluntary programs in which industrial or commercial "partners" join with the EPA in promoting activities that conserve energy, conserve and protect the water supply, reduce emissions or find ways of utilizing them as energy resources, and reduce the waste stream.
4. At times, the term "pollution prevention" may refer to source reduction. Source reduction involves efforts to reduce hazardous waste and other materials by modifying industrial production. Source reduction methods involve changes in manufacturing technology, raw material inputs, and product formulation.
Milliken is a Gold Partner in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Pollution Prevention Assistance Division (P?AD) Partnership for a Sustainable Georgia.