Pollution Prevention Act defines
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cost control during recycling
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reduction in the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant entering any waste stream
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elimination of wastes through air channel or water channel and solid waste disposal
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toxic hazards
Pollution prevention is reducing or eliminating waste at the source by modifying production processes, promoting the use of non-toxic or less toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, and reusing materials rather than putting them into the waste stream. The Pollution Prevention Act defines "source reduction" to mean any practice which reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions); prior to recycling, treatment or disposal.