Environmental and economic solutions: Pollution prevention technical assistance and the City of Los Angeles Hazardous and Toxic Materials Office
The City of Los Angeles faces a challenge to assist industrial facilities to minimize and manage hazardous materials in order to sustain the local economy and natural environment. Industrial facilities in Los Angeles County released into the environment or transferred off-site 103,442,074 tons of hazardous materials and waste in 1988. This enormous quantity of hazardous waste requires generators to be in compliance with several environmental regulatory agencies. The City of Los Angeles Hazardous and Toxic Materials (HTM) Office has increased the awareness, commitments, and implementation of hazardous waste at the source, the amount of toxic pollutants discharged into the City`s publicly owned treatment works, surface and groundwaters, soils and atmosphere can be substantially reduced. Quantifying hazardous waste minimization progress is extremely difficult and complex. However, the HTM Office anticipates that if the challenge of pollution prevention is successful, more businesses will decide to remain in the region and Los Angeles residents will feel convinced that industry is making good faith efforts to protect the environment. Pollution prevention is a long term solution for the hazardous waste crisis that society has only recently recognized.
- OSTI ID:
- 78068
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9404125-; TRN: IM9531%%118
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HazMat West `94 spring meeting: environmental management and technology conference and exhibition, Long Beach, CA (United States), 26-28 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of HazMat 94 West/Spring. Second annual environmental management and technology conference West/Spring: Proceedings; PB: 390 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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