Funding Opportunities
An important function of the Pollution Prevention (P2) Program at BNL
is to seek funding to implement pollution prevention projects. If you have
ideas that will significantly reduce waste and subsequently reduce disposal
costs, complete the P2/S2 Proposal Form (.xlsx) and submit
it to Joy Haskins, Sustainable Purchasing Coordinator, at
haskinsj@bnl.gov
or your Environmental Compliance Rep (ECR). Your proposal will be evaluated
to determine whether funding, if available, should be awarded.
Criteria for Ranking P2 Proposals
Proposals will be evaluated based upon the following criteria, listed in order of importance:
- The project eliminates or significantly reduces a priority waste stream.
Priority waste streams are Mixed Waste, Radioactive Waste, and Hazardous Waste.
- The project eliminates or significantly reduces the use of toxic, radioactive,
and/or hazardous materials, particularly chemicals and ozone-depleting
substances targeted for reduction by
Executive Order 14057.
- The project corrects or prevents noncompliance and/or eliminates or
significantly reduces environmental regulatory requirements in support of
Executive Order 14057 and DOE Order 436.1a.
- The project supports and is aligned with the Laboratory Agenda and
Performance Measures.
- The project has a good return on investment (ROI). ROI will be calculated by
determining the payback
period (PDF). The calculation of payback period is performed by dividing the
Total Project Cost by the Annual Project Savings. A 3 year payback period will
be considered a "good" ROI.
- The project conserves energy and/or natural resources.
- The project eliminates or significantly reduces a source of single-use plastics.
- The project eliminates a source of mercury.
- The project eliminates any source of an Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS).
- The project targets the disposal/removal of a legacy waste.
- The project has a high likelihood of successful implementation.
- The project can be implemented within the fiscal year.