DTSC’s Pollution Prevention program provided guidance to businesses on implementing pollution prevention principles to help generate less solid and hazardous waste, use fewer toxic chemicals, conserve water and energy, and reduce air pollution. These strategies were intended to reduce the burden of cleaning up contaminated sites across California by reducing the sources of pollution through education and process improvements.
In 2013, the Pollution Prevention program ended with the formation of the Department’s first Green Chemistry program, Safer Consumer Products (SCP). SCP takes pollution prevention efforts one step further in trying to eliminate the use of toxic chemicals all together, asking manufacturers if the chemicals they are using are necessary and if there is a safer alternative. For more information, visit the Safer Consumer Products page.
For Businesses
- California Green Business Program
- California Green Station Program (Inactive)
- Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program
- HVAC – Mercury Thermostat Rules
- Lighting that Can No Longer Be Sold
- Limiting Copper in Brake Pads (Regulation became effective on 1/1/17)
- Metal Finishers – Become a Model Shop
- Regulatory Assistance Office (Questions?)
- Reporting Requirements for SB14
- Tire Installers –Getting the Lead Out
- Treated Wood Waste Regulations
For the Public
- Facts about Lead in Children’s Jewelry
- Facts about Cadmium in Children’s Jewelry
- Hazardous Waste Inside Your Home
- Keeping Universal Waste Out of the Garbage
- Marine Vessel Service and Repair
- Packaging can contain Toxic Substances
- Some Light Bulbs Can’t Go in the Trash
- Thermostats and Mercury in Your Home
- Tires and Lead Wheel Weights