1. New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
NYC Industrial Waterfront Communities Pollution Prevention, Toxics Reduction, and Resiliency Planning

2. Project Background & Objectives
Improve sustainability and climate resiliency in the South Bronx community and industrial waterfront
Assess local businesses in order to identify and implement cost-effective strategies aimed at pollution prevention, toxics reduction, and climate adaptation
Share best management practices to build resiliency for climate adaptation and pollution prevention

3. Develop Best Management Practices
Develop best management practices “toolkit” for local businesses
Identify technical and financial resources that may be available for businesses to implement best management practices
Prepare a handout/literature with best management practices “toolkit” in order to educate local businesses on strategies to reduce their environmental footprint, and prevent human health impacts from unsustainable practices, as well as providing information on additional technical and financial resources that may be available.
Post handout on NYSDEC, NYSP2I, NYC-EJA websites

4. Disseminate Knowledge & Auto Toolkit
Organize and host two workshops in order to educate the public on best management practices “toolkit” for auto service, auto body and auto salvage
Identify other opportunities to share and distribute best management practices “toolkit”

5. Recycling Parts Washer
On-demand clean solvent for parts cleaning
Recycles and recovers 100% of the dirty solvent
No hazardous waste to remove
Up to 83% reduction in hazardous materials use
Estimated $2,900/yr savings
Source: SystemOne, Accessed 9/9/16.

6. Computerized Paint Mixing
Computerized mixing reduces paint waste and solvent cleaning
One shop in NYC reduced paint in storage by 50 lbs and associated volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) by 30 lbs
Estimated $900/year in cleaning solvent savings and 500 lbs/yr less in associated VOC’s
Source: Accessed 5/1/17.

7. Other Best Management Practices
Waterborne and lower VOC paints
Vacuum sanding systems
Secondary containment for chemical storage, auto parts
Impervious working pads to prevent ground contamination

8. Toolkit