Pollution Prevention Internship Program

Each year, Illinois EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention recruits upper-level university students to work on pollution prevention (P2) projects during the summer. Students typically have backgrounds in engineering, environmental management, chemistry, or occupational health and safety. While students have been placed primarily at manufacturing facilities, they have also worked at small business development centers, trade associations, local government facilities, environmental groups and military installations. The purpose of the program is to help facilities identify, research and pilot P2 technologies and practices. The program has helped Illinois businesses save millions of dollars and reduce environmental releases by hundreds of thousands of pounds.

The deadline for both the student and host facility to apply is January 31st. Information on the P2 Intern program can be found on the web at http://www.epa.state.il.us/p2/internships/index.html <http://www.epa.state.il.us/p2/internships/index.html> or contact Richard Reese at 217/786-7489.