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Spill Kit Workshop-Ruth Bell - Resource Venture

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<strong>Spill</strong> Prevention<br />

&<br />

Preparedness<br />

October 22-23, 2008<br />

<strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Venture</strong>


<strong>Spill</strong>s and Chills<br />

1 million pounds of chemicals enter Puget<br />

Sound annually, from:<br />

Industrial discharges<br />

Oil spills<br />

Vehicle exhaust and fluid leaks<br />

Pesticides, herbicides and other products<br />

we use in our daily lives that contain<br />

harmful compounds.


Preventing spills:<br />

Save you money<br />

Avoids hassle<br />

Protects water, human health and habitat


Today’s Agenda<br />

<strong>Spill</strong> Prevention and Preparedness<br />

Seattle Public Utilities<br />

Environmental Coalition of South<br />

Seattle<br />

Storm Drain Demonstration<br />

Evaluations


Free Business Assistance<br />

Disposal Streams<br />

Water Conservation


Garbage: Black Gold<br />

Food scrap recycling<br />

32% cheaper than<br />

garbage<br />

Low investment<br />

Easy implementation


Where’s the water?<br />

Retrofit!<br />

Aerators<br />

Toilets/urinals<br />

Minimize discretionary use of water –<br />

sweep don’t hose down sidewalks!


Who’re you gonna call?<br />

<strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Venture</strong><br />

www.resourceventure.org<br />

info@resourceventure.org<br />

206-343-8505

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