Have a clear understanding of your facility’s P2 direction.

• Learn the definition of P2 and create a facility or corporate P2 policy.

Develop a method for identifying and documenting wastes and emissions.

Create P2 goals.

• Develop and communicate facility and/or corporate P2 goals.

• Incorporate feedback solicited from employees and other sources into corporate and facility goal-setting processes.

• Consider corporate P2 directives that influence the program.

Appoint a champion, facilitator or point person to lead the program.

• Encourage management to support P2 and commit necessary resources to support P2 activities. 

Integrate environmental considerations into the business planning process.

• Make facility P2 goals part of the business planning process.

• Consider P2, whenever possible, in anticipation of future compliance requirements.

• Assigned priorities to waste streams.

• Use cross-functional teams.

Communicate cost-effective benefits of sustainable P2 programs.

Meet a rate of return on P2 Project investments.

• Use financial and non-financial criteria to evaluate projects.

Track P2 progress and communicate progress with employees

• Measure progress and periodically publish

• Communicate results to key people.

Use quality tools in your P2 program.

• Garner inspiration from tools such as a team-based quality culture, ISO 9000/14000, Pareto principles, total quality management, etc.

Maintain responsibility and accountability for P2 results.

• Tie waste and emissions accountability to the generating operation.

Pattern P2 programs to suit the facility's culture.

• Ensure P2 team members have detailed knowledge of their plant culture.

Recognize accomplishments to sustain employees motivation.

• Provide immediate recognition of early accomplishments to help establish the P2 program.

• Develop facility and/or corporate-level recognition programs to help sustain employee motivation.

Support facility P2 programs with company resources.

• Access corporate and external resources to aid P2 efforts (i.e. corporate engineering, marketing, research, laboratories, outside suppliers, etc.)

Develop an effective communication strategy to increase P2 awareness.

• Utilize communication resources within the facility and community.

Integrate P2 into pre-manufacturing decisions.

• Begin P2 at research, development and design phases of the product or process.

• Work with equipment and raw material suppliers and customers to help identify P2 opportunities for products and processes.