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Pollution Prevention in Schools

The issue of hazardous materials in schools is receiving national attention. There are many areas within a school where hazardous chemicals can be found. These include the art rooms, science rooms and laboratories, wood and metal shops, photography rooms, graphic arts and printing rooms, and even the custodial departments (cleaners and pesticides). Nurses’ offices may still contain mercury thermometers or mercury blood pressure measuring devices.

Many schools do not have procedures for proper storage, or budgets for disposal of unwanted, unused, and out-of-date chemicals. Some schools may not be in compliance with environmental regulations, and are improperly managing mercury-containing products and hazardous waste chemicals. more …

Publications (Complete List)

• Best Management Practices
• Best Management Practices (BMPs) Checklist for Chemicals in NH Developed by the NHPPP, this checklist provides school officials information for safely handling and storing chemicals in schools.
• Cleaning Up Household Spills of Elemental Mercury (Hg)
• Examples of Chemical Classifications for Proper Chemical Disposal
• Guidance for Eliminating Mercury in NH Schools

Education/Outreach (Complete List)

• Chemical Management Policy: Follow Up Questionnaire Results
• Energy Conservation
• Outreach
• School Bus Anti-Idling Initiative
• Water Conservation

Technical Assistance

• Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT)
• Management of Hazardous Waste
• Management of Universal Wastes
• Microscale Chemistry

Related Programs

• Hazardous Waste Compliance Section
• Indoor Air Quality
• Solid Waste Compliance Assurance Section
• Spill Response and Complaint Investigation Section
• Teachers’ Resources: Bring the Environment to Your Classroom!

Resources/Links (Complete List)

• Asthma and Schools
• EPA Healthy Schools Program
• Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ Tfs) Action Kit
• NH Coordinated School Health Program
• School Operations and Maintenance: BMPs for Controlling Energy Costs

FAQs (Complete List)

Contact Us (Complete List)

• NHDES Pollution Prevention Program
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  In State: (800) 273-9469
  (603) 271-6460
  (603) 271-2867 (fax)
  nhppp@des.nh.gov

 

 

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