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Week Resolution
Melody LaBella
September 17, 2015
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Pollution Prevention (P2) Week
• Begins the 3rd Monday in September
• 1St P2 Week held in California in 1993
• Now recognized nationally
• Goal is to encourage P2 awareness
CCCSD P2 Week Activities
• 23rd Annual P2 Week Resolution
• Lateral Connection Articles
• Press Releases & PSAs
• Annual P2 Awards Program
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2015 CCCSD P2 Week
Recognition Program
• Sustainable Contra
Costa's Annual Awards
Gala - Sept. 23, 2015
• Water Quality Community
Partners
• Recycled Water Champions
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Sanitary District
a SCOCO Visionary Partner
presenting their Pollution Prevention Awards
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Army Reserve Center
Military Ocean Terminal
Recognized for capturing and reusing
rainwater for vehicle washing and toilet
flushing and operating a water recycling
system for washing military cargo trains
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Audi Concord
Recognized for their new facility that
includes many positive systems to conserve
resources and protect water quality for
sanitary sewer and stormwater discharges
Julia Lee, DDS, Inc.
Recognized for discontinuing use of
mercury- containing fillings for more than
15 years, using all digital (vs. chemical)
photo /x -ray processing system and using
organic cleaning products
Republic Services
Recognized for operating a 3,500 - gallon
recycling system on their wash pad,
saving water and discharging very little
treated wastewater to the sanitary sewer
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2015 P2 Week Resolution
Acknowledgements
• Partnerships
- Household Hazardous Waste Facility
• Served over 400,000 customers
• Over 32 million pounds since inception
- Contra Costa Green Business Program
- Contra Costa Clean Water Program
- Pharmaceutical Disposal Program
• Almost 70,000 pounds since February 2009
• Education and Outreach Programs
- Over 6,000 students each year
In Conclusion
Recommend adoption of Resolution 2015 -033
declaring September 21 -27, 2015
Pollution Prevention Week in the
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
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