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1.0 Introduction
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1.1 Waste As a Measure of
Business Efficiency
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1.2 How to Use This Guidebook
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2.0 Waste Reduction Opportunities For Small
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2.1 Are We All Speaking the
Same Language?
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2.2 Why Should Business Care:
The Plus and Minus Perspective
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2.3 Dimensions of Waste:
It's Not Just in the Dumpster
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2.4 Dimensions of Cost: It's
Almost Always More Than You Think
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2.5 Full Cost Accounting:
What's the Whole Story
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2.6 Options for Waste Reduction
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2.7 What About Regulations
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2.8 Environmental Management,
Quality, Design for the Environment, and other Important Buzzwords
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2.9 Roles of SBDCs, Business
Agents, and Other Counselors
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3.0 Small Business Waste Reduction Tip
Sheets
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3.1 Common Operations Page
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3.2 Agricultural Businesses
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3.3 Building Trades: Commercial and Residential
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3.4 Garment Cleaning
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3.5 Health Services
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3.6 Hospitality
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3.7 Manufacturing Common Operations
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3.8 Electronics Manufacturing
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3.9 Metal Fabrication/Finishing 3.9.1
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3.10 Paint Formulating 3.10.1
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3.11 Plastics Manufacturing
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3.12 Photo Processing
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3.13 Printing Industry
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3.14 Research/Educational Institutions Page
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3.15 Retail/Warehouse
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3.16 Vehicle Maintenance
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3.17 Wood Products
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4.0 Small Business Waste Reduction Case
Studies
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4.1 Agricultural Businesses Page
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4.2 Garment Cleaning
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4.3 Hospitality Industry
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4.4 Electronics Manufacturing
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4.5 Metal Fabrication
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4.6 Plastics Manufacturing
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4.7 Printing
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4.8 Retail/Warehouse
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4.9 Vehicle Maintenance
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4.10 Wood Products
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4.11 Common Operations
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5.0 Environmental Regulations: A Small Business Primer
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5.1 Types of Waste Which May
Be Regulated
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5.2 Types of Environmental
Regulations in Wisconsin
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5.3 Determining Your Generator
Status
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5.4 Resource List for Wisconsin
Regulatory Questions/Concerns
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5.5 Working Glossary of Solid
and Hazardous Waste Terminology
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6.0 Waste Reduction Checklists: A Preliminary
Environmental Assessment
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Waste Reduction Worksheets:
A Preliminary Environmental Assessment
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6.1 Land Use Checklist
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6.2 Air Quality Checklist
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6.3 Water Quality Checklist
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6.4 Solid Waste Checklist
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6.5 Hazardous Waste Checklist
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6.6 Hazardous Materials and
Worker Safety Checklist
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Appendix A: Waste Reduction Promotion Flyers
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Waste Is a Measure of Business
Efficiency
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Turn Regulations to Your Advantage
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Waste Reduction and Quality:
A Matched Set
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Appendix B: Wisconsin Small Business Waste Reduction
Resources
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B.1 Quick Reference Lists Page
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B-2 Fact Sheets
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B-3 Resource Lists
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Appendix C: Wisconsin Small Business Technical
Assistance Resources
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C-1 Business Programs
- Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP)
- Energy Center of Wisconsin
- Greater Milwaukee Toxics Minimization Task Force
- Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
- Federation of Environmental Technologists (FET)
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C-2 Wisconsin Trade Associations — List
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C-3 University of Wisconsin-Extension
- Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC)
- County Extension Agents
- Community Natural Resources and Economic Development Agents (CNRED)
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
- Wisconsin Technology Access (WisTAP)
- Farmstead/Home Assistance System Program (Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst)
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C-4 Department of Commerce
- Small Business Assistance Program
- Small Business Clean Air Assistance Program
- Small Business Ombudsman
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C-5 Department of Natural Resources
- Bureau of Cooperative Environmental Assistance
- Bureau of Waste Management
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C-6 Financial Assistance Programs
- Wisconsin Department of Commerce
- Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA)
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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C-7 Industry Partnership Programs
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Pulp and Paper
- The Great Printers Project
- Drycleaners
- Climate Wise
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C-8 Wisconsin Pollution Prevention Award Programs
- DNR Prevention/Environment/Prosperity (P/E/P)
- Governor's Awards
- Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment Page
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C-9 Environmental/Pollution Prevention Community
Groups
- Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW)
- Citizens for a Better Environment (CBE)
- Great Lakes
- Lake Michigan Federation
- Wisconsin Industry Saving Our Environment (WISE)
- Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
- Wisconsin Buy Recycled Business Alliance, Inc.
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C-10 Regional Non-Profit Information Programs
- Great Lakes Technical Resources Library (GLTRL)
- Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
- P2TECH
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Appendix D: References
- Guides and Handbooks
- Bibliographic References
- Reference Books
- Training Manuals
- Case Study Compendiums
- Tip Sheets Compendiums
- Self-Assessment Materials
- Proceedings
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Supplemental Information: National Waste
Reduction Resources
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SUP-1.0 Quick Reference List:
National Small Business Environmental Resources
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SUP-2.0 Resource List: National
Certified Commercial Labs
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SUP-3.0 Resource List: National
Directory of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities
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SUP-4.0 Resource List: North
American Waste Exchanges
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SUP-5.0 Groundwater and Surfacewater Protection Resources
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SUP-6.0 Resource List: UST/LUST National Contacts
and References
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SUP-7.0 National Small Business Technical Assistance Resources
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