The Business Environmental Program provides free and confidential environmental management assistance to business and government operations in Nevada. The Program specializes in cost effective strategies to reduce hazardous materials and waste generation, conserve water and energy, minimize air emissions, and maintain compliance with environmental requirements. The program provides training, on-site consultation, assistance over the phone and through its website and publications.
As we come to the end of 2011 and roll into a New Year—an election year—we asked BLR’s in-house environmental experts to tell us what you can expect to see happen on the EHS horizon for 2012. * Air BLR® air expert, Tim Fagan, tells us that in 2012, EPA will continue to regulate air...
How are hospitals grappling with the best way to minimize waste, stay compliant and watch costs? With budget cuts at all levels — hospital, state and federal — health care facilities are consolidating while striving for best operational practices. As a result, many hospital leaders have had to take an inside out approach to examining...
The public review and comment period regarding the Administrator’s intent to issue a Class I disposal site permit to Nevada Land & Resource, Inc. for the proposed Jungo Landfill has been extended until January 30, 2012. Please read the public notice here. Sincerely, NDEP Bureau of Waste Management
This quick intro to Life Cycle Assessment covers the basics and looks as how life cycle thinking can be used to make better environmental decisions especially in the design and product development process. Providing snippets of info on LCA/LCT taken from a 90 min lecture given to design students in Melbourne in 2011, the video...
New Program Seeks Community Mentors to Help Align University Researchers with Industry’s Technology Needs. A strong relationship between businesses and universities is an important factor in accelerating technology advancement and commercialization for both town and gown. With this in mind, the University of Nevada, Reno/DRI Technology Transfer Office (TTO) is launching a new program called...
December 15, 2011 U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that states and territories across the nation have reached the goal of weatherizing more than 600,000 low-income homes– including more than 125,000 multi-family homes like apartment buildings–more than three months ahead of schedule. The Department reached this major milestone as part of its efforts to...
By Jeff Ferenc With looming federal reimbursement reductions poised to burden already financially challenged hospitals, sustainability’s potential to cut costs stands like an oasis in the desert. But this is no mirage. More than ever, sustainability offers opportunities to cut costs and improve the environment. In keeping with the pursuit of optimization and sustainable operations,...
OSU researcher hopes ultrasound can destroy pharmaceuticals, compounds we flush into rivers and lakes Every time we flush the toilet, some of the compounds and medicines we take every day end up in our streams, rivers and lakes. These “emerging contaminants” include antibiotics, birth-control drugs, antidepressants and caffeine. As scientists better understand the threat these...
EPA Recycling Water Science