Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments

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Introduction

A Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment (PPOA) is part of an ongoing, facility-wide program to identify opportunities to eliminate or reduce the generation of waste. A PPOA accomplishes four important tasks. It:

• determines the amount of material disposed of as waste during a particular process or at a particular workplace,
• provides a summary of hazardous materials usage and waste production,
• targets those operations needing improvement or replacement to accomplish pollution prevention, and
• establishes a basis for prioritizing options developed during the assessment.

Below are listed PPOAs completed by ORNL staff.

Completed PPOAs

Photographic Waste

Methylene Chloride

Degreasing Operations

Uranyl Nitrate

Methanol

Fluorescent Lamps

Sanitary/Industrial Waste

Used Oil

Personal Protective Equipment

Mercury Containing Equipment

Legacy/Surplus Waste

Radioactive Waste in Research and Development Support

Building Decontamination and Decommissioning

Radioactive Soil and Asphalt