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This lesson plan is designed to introduce students to the concept of pollution prevention (P2). Instead of trying to clean up pollution after it has been created, P2 focuses on reducing the generation of pollution and waste by changing or modifying plans, practices, or habits. P2 also includes activities that protect natural resources through conservation or more efficient resource use. Pollution prevention focuses on ways to avoid producing pollution in the first place. The lesson plan provides guidance and activities that will help teachers explain life cycle analysis and identify natural resources used and wastes produced during the generation of consumer products; P2 and why it is the preferred practice; and how P2 options can be identified and used to reduce waste and prevent pollution.
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DLESE Catalog ID:
DLESE-000-000-008-056
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This resource is part of
'Pollution Prevention Toolbox'
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Dolly Tong United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 |
