P2 Project or Program

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Please complete the form below. Complete applications should be no longer than six pages. (Information from other P2 awards may be used, but it must fit into one of the 8 areas below.) Attachments are allowed, but it is at the discretion of the judges to review them. In prior years, judges have given preference to applications that satisfied the components mentioned below. They also look for specific elements in each judging category. Please consider the judging criteria when completing your submission.

Judging Criteria for MVP2 Project/Program Awards:
There are five broad judging categories: (1) innovation, (2) measurable results, (3) transferability, (4) commitment, and (5) optimization of available project resources. Emphasis is placed on innovation, measurable results and transferability, with each representing 25% of the overall judging score. The additional 25% is judging equally on commitment and optimization of resources.

Judges are instructed to look for the following elements when judging each area:

(1) Innovation: The project...
- develops/utilizes a new P2 technology
- thinks outside the box” to attack an environmental problem in a new way
- is a new P2 approach to a common environmental problem
- could be considered a leader in pollution prevention
- identifies an environmental problem typically overlooked by traditional P2 measures

(2) Measurable Results: The project...
- quantifies results (if results qualitative, these results accurately reflect project success)
- has a reasonable measurement policy in place
- has comprehensive results, based on the project overview
- has results from pollution prevention (i.e., reduction of waste at the source only) initiatives

(3) Transferability: The project...
- can be used by similar programs in different geographic regions
- can be transferred to different types of organizations (i.e., if it is a large industry initiative, a state, local government, federal facility or small business could also implement the program)
- has capital cost requirements that can be either scaled up or down, depending on the size of the organization to which it is being transferred

(4) Commitment:
- Company integrated this project/program into its everyday activities
- Upper management’s involvement
- Shift in support for P2 as a result of the project’s success
- New internal P2 policies resulting from this project
- Increase in P2 awareness within the organization as a result of the project
- Increase in public awareness of P2 as a result of this project

(5) Optimization of Available Resources: The project...
- Optimizes its resources
- Has deliverables in line with project costs

Thank you for your interest in the NPPR MVP2 Awards!

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Please indicate which type of organization the project or program falls under. *

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1. Name of the project or program

2. When did the project or program begin and end (if ongoing please indicate)

3. Please provide a one paragraph description of the project or program.

4. Provide information to summarize the pollution prevention results of your program project. Use the image below to guide your answer. Provide all applicable information on amounts or percentages reduced and dollars saved.

P2 Results Table - to be used as a guide for Question #4.

5. Explain how the success of your project eliminated or reduced waste, toxicity, or pollution as compared to past years or as compared to standards, averages, or common practice? What reductions resulted from the implemented changes?

6. Describe the project’s innovative policy, communication strategies, and/or technical aspects with respect to pollution prevention.

7. Discuss the costs and economic benefits of your project or program. Include project or program costs, savings and/or increased revenues and decreased disposal and/or raw material costs as a result of the program. Include the payback period needed to recover project or program costs, if applicable. Describe any credibility/public image/management or employee buy-in enhanced as a result of the project or program to connect more with these other groups or give variety of examples.

8. How are the pollution prevention aspects this project transferable to other locations, industries, or organizations?

9. Describe internal organizational changes that may have occurred as a result of this project, as well as with suppliers and customers. For example, what was upper management’s involvement with the project and/or what new corporate/organizational pollution prevention policies were developed as a result of the project or program?

10. Describe other benefits, innovations, or unique aspects of the project or program that do not fit under the above categories.

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