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Community TUR Planning Process


  1. Gain Top Management Support
    • Who can ensure full adoption of the project?
  2. Develop the Toxics Use Reduction Team
    • Who will your partners be?
  3. Set Goals and Objectives
    • What chemicals will you target?  What are your reduction goals?  How will you go about this?
  4. Analyze current practices, processes
    • What information will you need?  where will you get it?  How will you interpret and display it?  Who will you present it to?
  5. Identify toxics use reduction options
    • What alternatives exist?  Are they less toxic, feasible, available, cost effective?
  6. Evaluate options
  7. Implement chosen TUR option
  8. Measure Progress
    • Develop indicators of success, cost/benefit analysis


This page updated Friday December 16 2005