Pollution Prevention and Best Management Practices were developed for businesses and contractors by Environmental Risk Professionals. They include information on specific environmental risks and provide best practices on how to mitigate them. These best practices are common environmental controls generally used and accepted by industry and may be seen in Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety programs, fire protection programs, insurance policy requirements, or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Pollution Prevention and Best Management Practices were developed for businesses and contractors by Environmental Risk Professionals. They include information on specific environmental risks and provide best practices on how to mitigate them. These best practices are common environmental controls generally used and accepted by industry and may be seen in Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety programs, fire protection programs, insurance policy requirements, or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Distributing Pollution Prevention and Best Management Practices provides a training opportunity to promote pollution prevention and increase safety awareness among employees. Pollution Prevention and Best Management Practices may also do the following:
- Minimize the risk for a spill or release of hazardous materials
- Substitute current products for more environmentally safe ones
- Reduce waste generation through recycling/reuse
- Mitigate health and safety risks to employees
- Improve E-Mod rating to lower Workman Compensation insurance costs
- Lower long term costs through operational changes
Distributing Pollution Prevention and Best Management Practices provides a training opportunity to promote pollution prevention and increase safety awareness among employees. Pollution Prevention and Best Management Practices may also do the following:
- Minimize the risk for a spill or release of hazardous materials
- Substitute current products for more environmentally safe ones
- Improve E-Mod rating to lower Workman Compensation insurance costs
- Reduce long term costs through operational changes
- Reduce waste generation through recycling/reuse
- Reduce health and safety risks to employees
Typical environmental exposures that are covered by Pollution Prevention and Best Management Practices include:
- Aerosol Cans
- Antifreeze
- Asbestos
- Aboveground Storage Tanks
- Batteries
- Chemical Application
- Chemical Storage
- Cold Stress
- Concrete Truck Washout
- Crystalline Silica
- Demolition Debris
- Excavation & Trenching Safety
- Fluorescent Lamps
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Heat Stress
- Heavy Equipment
- Illicit Abandonment
- Lead-Based Paint
- Legionella
- Medical Waste
- Mold
- Oil Water Separators
- Refrigerants
- Responding to Spills
- Solid Waste Management
- Stockpile Management
- Stormwater
- Universal Waste
- Utility Locating
Contractors that have been trained on environmental risks are better long-term business partners. Contact Environmental Risk Professionals at 1-800-815-9468 or via email at info@envriskpros.com for more information.
