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What are the TP3 Levels and how can I progress?
How can I practice air pollution prevention and conservation?
How can I conserve energy in the home?
How can I practice land and water conservation?
What resources are there to help me reduce, reuse, and recycle?

  • Take an inventory of potentially harmful chemicals in your home, basement, and garage. Know what you have and store it properly.
  • Buy and use natural or nontoxic cleaners, polishes, and disinfectants.
  • Use alternatives to toxic herbicides and insecticides.
  • Use rechargeable batteries
  • If you have hazardous chemicals you no longer use, dispose of them properly. Check out the Household Hazardous Waste collection program for a time and location near you.
  • Recycle your used oil. Several places will accept used motor oil and collect it for recycling. Check out the Used Oil Recycling site for more info.
  • A gallon of used motor oil can produce the same amount of motor oil as 42 gallons of crude oil and uses only 1/3 the energy.
  • If not recycled, one quart of used oil can pollute 250,000 gallons of drinking water.

Links for additional information:

All Natural Cleaning product ideas
EPA Household Hazardous materials
Household Hazardous Waste collection program
Used Oil Recycling program
TP3 Member success stories on Hazardous Materials Management

If you have a source of information that you think would be helpful, please send us an email with a link to the information.

For more information about the Tennessee Pollution Prevention Partnership, please contact Curtis Hopper at 615-253-1729 or 1-800-734-3619 or by email at Pollution.prevention@tn.gov.