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This page lists internet resources that will help your business
clean up the Anacostia river many of the web sites are directed exclusively
at the business community.
If you are interested in contact information for environmental groups
active in the Anacostia basin, click here.
If you are
looking for contact information for
businesses that can help you reduce your business's impact on the
Anacostia, click here.
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS
Montgomery
County Department of Environmental Protection - a well organized
list of links to environmental issues by subject matter.
Envirolink
- an enormous compilation of websites dedicated to environmental subject
matter.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
Energy
Star Business Improvement - hundreds of tools for businesses to
save energy and a special section for small businesses.
Energy
Saving Tips for Small Businesses - a site that walks small businesses
through steps they can take to save energy and money.
Buying
Energy Efficient Home and Office Equipment - compares the energy
efficiency different home and office appliances.
Office
Tips for Building Occupants and Building Operators - tips for
what renters and managers can do to reduce energy costs and usage.
Energy
and Money Saving Ideas for Home -gives you information on how
to save energy and money at home - including appliance purchases.
GREEN BUSINESS
Envirolink's
Sustainable Business Network - a huge compendium of information
and websites dedicated to aiding business's make wise environmental
choices.
Small
Business Environmental Home Page - a page dedicated to helping
small businesses access environmental compliance and pollution prevention
information.
Green Biz.Com
- An internet resource center dedicated to "business, the environment
and the bottom line."
GREEN MARINAS PROGRAMS
Maryland's
Clean Marina Program - offers marina operators and boaters the
opportunity to participate in efforts to protect Maryland's natural
resources. Includes a downloadable version of their Clean Marina Guidebook.
Virginia's
Clean Marina Program - information on reducing non-point source
pollution from the boating community.
National Clean
Boating Campaign - national page dedicated to clean boating.
GREEN LANDSCAPING
Bayscapes
- a page dedicated to creating environmentally-sound landscapes benefiting
people, wildlife, and the Chesapeake Bay.
Backyard
Conservation - full of downloadable tip sheets on green landscaping.
Better
Backyards - a pdf (759 kb) of excellent guide to backyard conservation.
Center
for Low Impact Development - several publications on the benefits
of Low Impact Development techniques.
Weeds
gone wild - information on invasive and exotic plants to be avoided
when landscaping.
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT/PESTICIDES
National
Integrated Pest Management Network - promotes minimized pesticide
use in controlling pests and weeds.
Integrated Pest
Management Northeast - focuses on IPM issues of the Northeast
US.
Beyond
Pesticides - a website with information on companies providing
IPM services.
Pesticide Education
Resources - provides information on pesticides and their effects.
OIL RECYCLING
American Petroleum
Institute - information on the importance of oil recycling, how
oil is recycled and how to start an oil recycling program.
Anacostia River Business Coalition - list of
gas stations that accept used motor oil in the Anacostia basin.
Maryland
Environmental Service - information on oil recycling in Maryland
- including public collection sites organized by county
POLLUTION PREVENTION
EPA
non-point source pollution resources - a list of resources to
help groups that are interested in reducing non-point source pollution
Non-point Education
for Municipal Officials (NEMO) - a compendium of information on
non-point source related pollution
Pollution Prevention
Roundtable - a community of people providing current information
on pollution prevention techniques.
Stormwater
Managers Resource Center - a source of information for methods
of controlling non-point source pollution from stormwater.
Virginia
Mentoring Network - a network of businesses that aid other businesses
in pollution prevention.
RAIN BARRELS
City
of Bremerton Washington - information on the importance of rain
barrels as well as instructions on how to build one.
Maryland
Green Building Program - great source of information on purchasing
or creating your own rain barrel
Raingarden.org
- links to sites with instructions on how to build rain gardens.
Rainscapes
- information on rain barrel designs and free rain barrel workshops
RAIN GARDENS
Bioretention
Home Page - information on managing stormwater by filtering it
through specially designed vegetated areas.
Environmentally
Sensitive Design Database - a page with information and links
to land use practices that reduce pollution loads and storm water
runoff.
Raingardens.org
- information on how to build a rain garden and other rain garden-related
resources.
Virginia
Department of Forestry - information on rain gardens and vegetation
for rain gardens.
RECYCLING - GENERAL INFORMATION
America
Recycles Day - information on recycling day - November 15th
Annenberg
Foundation - information on how to reduce waste
EPA Waste
Minimization - helps companies reduce the amount of waste they
generate through working with industrial organizations, government
agencies, and communities.
Montgomery
County Solid Waste Services - provides information on trash removal
and recycling in Montgomery County.
Waste Wise
- a free, voluntary, EPA program through which organizations eliminate
costly municipal solid waste, benefiting their bottom line and the
environment.
SPILL PREVENTION AND CLEAN-UP CONTACTS
EPA
guidance for creating a spill prevention control and countermeasure
plan - a pdf document with a how to for creating these plans.
EPA
spill prevention planning fact sheet - a pdf document with information
on how to create a spill prevention plan.
Maryland
Emergency Response Plan - a sample plan (pdf document) for spills
and other emergencies.
Maryland
Spill Prevention and Countermeasures - information on spill prevention
and cleanup plans for marinas
Maryland
Spill Prevention Training Guide - a pdf file to help plan and
record your employee training.
Maryland
Spill Prevention Plans Worksheets - a series of worksheets to
help in spill prevention planning.
TRASH - LANDFILLS & ILLEGAL DUMPING
District
of Columbia Clean City Initiative - information on D.C.'s effort
to reduce trash and remove graffiti.
District
of Columbia Environmental Crime Unit - contact information for
the Environmental Crime Unit
EPA Office
of Enforcement and Compliance - answers questions on compiling
with environmental regulations as well as requests for criminal enforcement
Montgomery
County Solid Waste Services - provides information on trash removal
and recycling in Montgomery County.
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