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P2 Integration: Quantifying P2 with TRI and other Data Sources

P2 Integration: Quantifying P2 with TRI and other Data Sources. Environmental Summit Baltimore May 21, 2008 David Sarokin EPA’s Pollution Prevention Division. P2 Integration Assessment. P2 Integration a central tenet of national policy Assess status of P2 Integration

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P2 Integration: Quantifying P2 with TRI and other Data Sources

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  1. P2 Integration:Quantifying P2 with TRI and other Data Sources Environmental Summit BaltimoreMay 21, 2008 David Sarokin EPA’s Pollution Prevention Division

  2. P2 Integration Assessment • P2 Integration a central tenet of national policy • Assess status of P2 Integration • Where it’s working well • Where there is room for improvement • What P2 has accomplished the past two decades

  3. The Role of Information • The P2 Integration report looked at a wide variety of data sources: • What do they tell us about P2 • What do they not tell us about P2 • What can we learn about individual programs and their impact on national goals

  4. Goals P2 Information Disconnects? DATA SOURCES TRI Municipal Solid Wastes Hazardous Wastes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pesticide Use Fertilizer Use GDP/PACE

  5. P2 Data in TRI

  6. Essay Style P2 Reporting in TRI

  7. P2 Data in TRI

  8. But what does it mean? • P2 activity has fallen sharply in the past 17 years? -or- • P2 is still happening, but is under-reported? -or- • TRI reporting requirements create the appearance of a falling trend?

  9. States and P2 in TRI MN VT ID NV

  10. PACE Survey from Census Bureau

  11. PACE – P2 is 17.4% of Total Costs $4.7 trillion in shipments $20.7 billion in PACE

  12. Percent of P2 Reporting TRI & PACE VT MN CA UT NV PACE-Census Bureau Survey: Pollution Abatement Cost & Expenditures

  13. TRI: Total Wastes vs Releases & Transfers Total Production Wastes Managed

  14. TRI can be compared with other waste streams…Pesticides

  15. …Municipal Solid Wastes

  16. GDP up 38% Population up 12.9% MSW up 15.8% Fertilizer up 12.2% GHG up 14.4% MSW/capita up 2.9% Pesticide use down 1.2% TRI TPWM down 1.9%* Industrial GHG down 2.1% SF6 (elec. industry) down 53% * TRI-TPWM from 1992-2004 Wastes, Economic & Population Trends(1990-2005)

  17. Mixed Signals on P2 • Substantial industrial spending on P2, but shrinking P2 reporting in TRI • Impressive case study reductions, but hard to find a P2 signal in national data • Most waste generation trends are increasing or flat-lining • Some programs have no evidence of P2 activity

  18. A Few Points to Think About • Targets and Goals • Without P2 targets, it’s hard to know if we’re making appropriate progress • Information -- Consistency and Scaling • Local-level and Program-level data should mesh with national data • Do we have the right info? • (e.g. No HW trends available) • Status of P2 • If pollution prevention is playing a relatively small role in national waste management, is that the path to a sustainable future?

  19. Thank you. David Sarokin USEPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Pollution Prevention Division Washington, DC 20460 sarokin.david@epa.gov 202-564-8852

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