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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) 271-2956mwheeler@des.state.nh.us

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) 271-2956mwheeler@des.state.nh.us