P2 West: Inspiration, Innovation, & Implementation
This annual conference is an EPA Region 9 and 10 Pollution Prevention Regional Roundtable partnership. This premier event brings together hundreds of P2 technical assistance providers, green business programs, sustainability experts, and zero waste and pretreatment professionals working with small businesses and industry to reduce pollution.
The 2022 P2 Roundtable was held in Portland, Oregon. Thank you to all that joined us and helped to make the event a great success.
Click here to view the presentations and video from the conference.
Alaska Pollution Prevention Roundtable
A virtual P2 roundtable event geared specifically towards the needs of Alaskan technical assistance providers, sustainability experts, and municipalities
More details coming soon!
Explore Past Roundtables
P2 Roundtable 2021 Proceedings:
Session 1: October 20
David Widawsky – U.S. EPA Headquarters, See Video
Tim Hamlin – U.S. EPA Region 9, See Video
Jeff Scott – U.S. EPA Region 10, See Video
Farrah Fatemi – Oregon Metro, P2 Projects Considering Environmental Justice (EJ): Metro’s Toxics Reduction and Equity Study
Leigh Mante – U.S. EPA Office of Chemical Safety and P2, P2 Projects Considering EJ: A Case Study in Environmnetal Justice – TRI Facilities and Fence-Line Communities in EPA Region 10
Teague Powell (WADOE) & Treavor Peckham (KC), P2 Projects Considering EJ: From the Fence Line to the Assenbly Line
Theodore Higgins – City of Los Angeles, P2 Projects Considering EJ: Going Beyond Compliance/Offering Regulatory Assistance
Gail Suzuki-Jones – Hawaii DOE, Pandemic, Sustainability & Healthy Buildings
Phillip Camp – HI.ARCH.Y LLP, Healthy Buildings – Well in the Workplace
Session 2: October 21
Michelle Gaither – PPRC, Intro to PFAS Source Reduction
Simona Balan – California Dept of Toxic Substances Control, Addressing PFASs at the Source – One at a Time or all at Once?
Caredwen Foley – Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance, Partnerships for P2 – Working With Companies and Utilities for PFAS Source Reduction
Lisa Cox (ODEQ) & Brittney Wendell (PPRC), Green Chemistry: Safer Choice in Oregon
Robert Brown – City of Los Angeles, Green Chemistry: Thinking Biomimicry
Jen McIntyre – Washington State University, 6PPD: A Ubiquitous Tire-Derived Chemical is Killing Coho Salmon
Anne-Cooper Doherty – California Dept of Toxic Substances Control, 6PPD: CA DTSC’s Safer Consumer Products Program and Potential Regulation of Tires Containing 6PPD
Craig Manahan – Washington State Department of Ecology, 6PPD and Washington Ecology
Yasim Yacoby – Office of EID, Department of Energy, Pathway to Decarbonization: Environmental Justice and Energy Justice
Bethel Tarekegne – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Pathway to Decarbonization: Energy Storage for Social Equity
Morgan Smith – North American Sustainable Refrigerant Council, Pathway to Decarbonization: The Leading Climate Solution Hiding in Your Local Supermarket
Session 3: October 27
Jo Fleming – California Green Business Network (CAGBN), Green Business Programs: 2021 CAGBN Program Overview
Christy Chow – EnviroStars, Green Business Programs: Washington EnviroStars
Donna Walden – GreenUP!, Green Business Programs: Nevada Green Business Network
Brittney Wendell – PPRC, Green Business Programs: EcoBiz – Certifying Eco-Friendly Oregon Businesses
Lawrence Nussbaum – Environmental Innovation, Inc, Foodware Aware: Preventing Foodware Pollution
Eun Soo Lim – San Mateo County Office of Sustainability
Chris Schlafter – San Mateo County Office of Sustainability
Grace Lee – Rethink Disposable
Xiang Bi – Applied Research and Methods Team at the USGAO, Adoption and Diffusion of P2 Practices: Evidence from the TRI
Eugene Rubin – California Air Resources Board, Wet Cleaning Grant Program
Katie Fellows – King County Hazardous Waste, A PERC-Free King County: Converting Dry Cleaners to Wet Cleaning
Sean Smith – Washington State DOE. Green Cleaning ~ Ecology’s PERC Replacement Program
Swati Sharma – Sharma Consultants, Environmental Public Health Consulting, See Video
Dicle Yardimci – California Dept of Toxic Substances and Control, DTSC’s Voluntary Healthy Nail Salon Recognition PRogram Implementation PLan for Local Government Agencies
Tuyet Hanh Thi – Perfection Nails Spa Owner, See Video
Lisa Fu – California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, See Video
Astrid Williams – Black Women for Wellness, Advocating for Safer Beauty
Jamie McConnell – Women’s Voices for the Earth, See Video
Janet Nudelman – Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, California and Federal Nail Salon – Cosmetic Safety Legislation
Session 4: October 28
Kurt Middlekoop – TMAC – Texas MEP, Lean and Efficiency: Integrated P2 Approach
Hugh O’Neill – Washington Department of Ecology, Lean and Efficiency See Video
Ben Jarvis – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Lean and Efficiency See Video
Lisa Cox – Oregon DEQ, P2 Interns in Oregon (Includes short project presentations from four 2021 interns: Toni Trinh, Derek Yau, Adrienne Wallace, Jason Leon Guerrero – OSU, Kylee Church – PPRC)
Miguel Rodas – City of Los Angeles, P2 and Green Chemistry lternatives in Metal Finishing
Katy Wolf – Kathleen Wolf, Consultant, Case Studies: Vapor Degreasing Conversions to Safer Alternatives
Burton Hamner – Sustainability CPE, Inc, P2 Finance Meets Sustainability: ImpactCapex in Excel
Tiffany Skogstrom – Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance, See Video
Kristin Vandermolen – Desert Research Institute, See Video
Bogdan Serbanescu – City of Los Angeles, See Video
R9/10 P2RT Advisory Committee: Alex Bertoluccci, Oregon DEQ, Belinda Breidenbach, Idaho SBDC, Ben Jarvis, Idaho DEQ, Brian Clapp, U.S. EPA, Brittney Wendell, PPRC, Cassie Carroll, GBENN, Chris Lynch, Nevada BEP, Ed Gonzalez, PPRC, Gail Zuzuki-Jones, Hawaii Green Business Program, Hugh O’Neill, Washington Ecology, Jean Waters, PPRC, Jen Jackson, City of San Francisco, Jessica Count-Arnold, U.S. EPA, Jo Fleming, CA Green Business Network, John Katz U.S. EPA, Kami Snowden Tribal Solid Waste Authority Network, Kat Compton, U.S. EPA, Ken Grimm, PPRC, Ken Zarker, Washington Ecology, Kristy Fry, U.S. EPA, Krysta Thornton, PPRC, Lisa Cox, Oregon DEQ, Michelle Gaither, PPRC, Myles Perkins, Washington Ecology, Singe Lindquist, Cascadia Consulting, Stephanie Thomas Cascadia Consulting, Tyyo Chase, Arizona DEQ.