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Benjamin Franklin said it first, and perhaps best -"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." That's the basic idea behind proactive pollution prevention, a strategy that concentrates on reducing pollutants at the source, rather than waiting until expensive method are required to control or eliminate them. Pollution prevention is also known as "source reduction." It represents a way of looking at pollution that is different from traditional end-of-pipe methods, which rely on managing and controlling waste once it has already reached its destination. Source reduction encourages anticipation on the part of those doing the polluting; implementing it often requires changing the way people perceive pollution. Traditional thinking about pollution puts the blame on those in charge of treating it. The new emphasis is on becoming aware of the environmental repercussions of the actions both immediate and long term and learning to change that behavior in ways that are beneficial. Thus, the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, coupled with the EPA Clean Water Act and its ongoing revisions have put the foodservice industry in a position to carefully examine its role in respect to the source reduction of pollutants.
Various forms of waste have been identified as being generated specifically by the foodservice industry. One area which has proven to be "uncharted waters" is how to effect a reduction in the pollution of the food service operation's wastewater discharge. Regulatory compliance, heavy loading, sewer line blockages, failed leach or septic fields are a few of the wastewater related quandaries which face the responsible foodservice operator. The need to find solutions has brought forth many creative attempts to deal with this critical wastewater issue. Mechanical means of separation, physical screening and extensive training of employees have been employed. These have effected some improvements, but have, for the most part, failed to help the operator fully solve their wastewater pollution problems. In 1988, a company embarked on a journey into these uncharted waters, with the goal of helping the foodservice industry deal with their responsibility to be good wastewater managers. This company, Trap-Zap Environmental Systems, Inc., combined practical horse sense with proven biochemical science to begin to develop real solutions to wastewater issues. Since then Trap-Zap has been working and succeeding with the foodservice industry as it endeavors to take responsibility for its wastewater discharge.
Trap-Zap Environmental Systems, Inc.
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