EPA has many established programs to assist businesses minimize their impacts on the environment. The programs listed below will help your company become a better environmental steward, improve its bottom line, and ultimately contribute to the achievement of the LaundryESP® industry-wide goals. Each link will take you to the EPA web page containing a detailed discussion on the topic, guidance to help your company or facility to improve, as well as links to even more helpful information.

ENERGY STAR for Business
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_index
Energy efficiency is the first keystone of LaundryESP. EPA’s ENERGY STAR for Businesses is a voluntary program designed to show and encourage business how to simultaneously save money and protect the environment by focusing on energy conservation.

Water Efficiency Measures for Industry
http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/industip.htm
A second keystone of LaundryESP, efficient water use can have major environmental, public health, and economic benefits. The efficient use of water can also prevent pollution by reducing wastewater flows, recycling industrial process water, reclaiming wastewater, and using less energy. This web page will provide some helpful guidance in improving your corporate water efficiency.

The DfE Industrial/Institutional Laundry Partnership Initiative
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/projects/iil/index.htm
The Industrial/Institutional Laundry Partnership Initiative is sponsored by EPA's Design for the Environment and seeks to encourage and assist detergent formulators and launderers in designing and using products with improved environmental qualities. The program offers recognition to companies that are able to improve the environmental and human health attributes of their formulations or laundering operations.

WasteWise
http://www.epa.gov/wastewise/
WasteWise is a free, voluntary, EPA program through which organizations eliminate costly municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes, benefiting their bottom line and the environment. WasteWise is a flexible program that allows partners to design their own waste reduction programs tailored to their needs.

Partners for the Environment
http://www.epa.gov/partners/
The Partners for the Environment program brings EPA together with over 7,000 organizations to promote the use of voluntary goals and commitments to achieve measurable environmental results in a timely and cost-effective way. Organizations include small and large businesses, citizens groups, state and local governments, universities and trade associations. The focus of the program is on pollution prevention.