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Automotive Compliance Information Fluorescent Lights Training Opportunities
CCAR Web site helps the automotive service and repair industry identify flexible, common sense ways to comply with environmental requirements. Fluorescent lamps and HIDs contain mercury and should be handled and recycled carefully. DPPEA provides waste reduction, EMS and pollution prevention training for industry, government entites and citizen groups.
Best References: P2 Information Hotels Waste Reduction Partners
A collection of pollution prevention information including technical references, fact sheets and case studies for selected industry sectors.

The Green Plan for Hotels is an initiative for hospitality and lodging properties. The initiative targets waste reduction, recycling, energy and water conservation.

WRP provides WNC businesses and industries with no-cost waste and energy reduction assessments and technical assistance.
Compliance Resources Mercury Water Conservation
DPPEA's compliance team creates solutions to ensure organizations attain compliance, decrease liabilities and improve environmental performance. Included is information about general mercury information, information on the health effects of mercury, mercury emissions, how to perform a mercury audit and mercury reduction options Resources to help commercial, industrial and institutional facilities develop short- and long-term water conservation goals.
Electronics On-site Waste Assessments NC WasteTrader
How to manage discarded electronic products. Information includes regulatory and policy issues, as well as business electronics discard guidance. DPPEA can help your facility reduce its waste generation and waste management costs through personalized waste assessments. This waste exchange service is designed to divert recoverable materials from disposal while providing feedstocks to potential users.
Energy Conservation Restaurants NC Markets Directory
Resources to help businesses and industries take steps to begin saving on energy costs now and actions to take for future energy savings. Click HERE for the State Energy Office. Designed to help commercial and non-commercial food service providers reduce waste generation, practice pollution prevention and conserve energy and natural resources. A searchable directory of more than 600 companies that collect, transport, broker, process or remanufacture recovered materials.
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