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By offering voluntary recognition programs and technical assistance, IDEM promotes pollution prevention activities in businesses and communities throughout the state. Pollution prevention and other environmental stewardship activities, such as recycling and waste management activities, help ensure that Indiana’s environment and economy are sustainable for future generations.

The Pollution Prevention and Recycling Section, within IDEM’s Office of Compliance Support, manages the following voluntary recognition programs:

The Pollution Prevention and Recycling Section also offers technical assistance, coordination, and support for the following programs:

Featured Topics

Quarterly Meeting: June 5, 2013

A Partners for Pollution Prevention Quarterly Meeting will be held on June 5, 2013, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. Presentation topics will include:

  • Purdue’s new Environmental and Ecological Engineering degree program.
  • Sustainability efforts at Purdue, regulatory update from IDEM.
  • Legislative update by Vince Griffin from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
  • Tour of the Purdue rain gardens.

Registration is free and now open to the public.

16th Annual Pollution Prevention Conference and Trade Show

The Indiana Partners for Pollution Prevention, in partnership with the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, would like to invite you to attend the 16th Annual Pollution Prevention Conference and Trade Show to be held September 25-26, 2013, in Plainfield, Indiana. This year’s conference has been expanded to cover two days and will offer presentations from local, national, and international speakers regarding pollution prevention, sustainability, and environmental stewardship. This conference would not be possible without the support of generous corporate sponsors. Now is the time to secure your companies’ sponsorship.

Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence 2012 Recipients

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2012 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. Nominations for the 2013 awards are now being accepted.

Environmental Stewardship Program (ESP) Applications Now Accepted Anytime

ESP applications are now being accepted on a rolling basis instead of during specified application rounds.