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Pollution Preventionfor
Homeowners
Pollution Preventionfor
Homeowners
New Hampshire’sPaint and Pesticides Projects
New Hampshire’sPaint and Pesticides Projects
2005 Environmental SummitSeptember 29, 2005
Paul Lockwood, NH DES
Why Paint & Pesticides?
What are their issues?
How were the projects developed?
What’s their status?
New Hampshire’sPaint and Pesticides
Projects
New Hampshire’sPaint and Pesticides
Projects
What are the issues?
PaintPaint
Paint is hazardous.
There’s lots of waste paint.
It’s expensive to manage.
Consumer habits create waste.
Homeowners aren’t regulated!
PaintPaintWhat to do about it?
Reduce (change buying/use habits)
Reuse (swap it)
Recycle (process it into new paint)
Paint has several options:
PaintPaintHow to reach homeowners?
Target the proper audience.
Develop effective outreach materials.
Distribute outreach effectively
(Oh yeah, and on a limited budget!)
PaintPaintHow’s it going? Measurement?
Source reduction:
• Pilot program initiated in local paint stores
• Paint stirrers, brochures, stickers distributed at stores
PaintPaintHow’s it going? Measurement?
Recycling:
2004 pilot project run in 23 NH towns
Over 16,000 lbs paint recycled
3 collection projects for 2005
Paint ProjectPaint
ProjectContact information:
Melanie WheelerNH Household Hazardous Waste Program(603) [email protected]
Pesticides
Pesticides
What are the issues?
Pesticides are very hazardous.
There’s lots of waste pesticides.
It’s expensive to manage.
Consumer habits create waste.
Homeowners aren’t regulated!
Pesticides
PesticidesWhat to do about it?
Integrated
Pest
Management
You can’t recycle or reuse, like paint.
How about:
Pesticides
PesticidesIPM asks:
Exactly what is the pest? Does the situation call for action? Can the conditions allowing the
problem to start be changed? What’s the least disruptive control technology? Are the results satisfactory?
Pesticides
Pesticides
Integrated Pest Management
equals
Pollution Prevention
Ah ha…!!!
Pesticides
Pesticides
How to reach homeowners?
Target the proper audience.
Develop effective outreach materials.
Distribute outreach effectively
(Oh yeah, and on a limited budget!)
Pesticides
PesticidesHow’s it going? Measurement?
Distributed handouts at environmental workshop - excellent response
User surveys started
Good municipal response
Follow up survey?
Pesticides
Project
Pesticides
ProjectContact information:
Melanie WheelerNH Household Hazardous Waste Program(603) [email protected]
