Regional EMS Case Study Project

The Zero Waste Network partnered with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to document the process of forming a regional partnership. The project focused on measuring the results of a regional partnership to promote Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in North Texas. This page has some of the results from this effort.

Implementation of the North Texas Regional Environmental Management System (NTREMS) - This case study and project description includes specific discussions of methods for promoting a partnership among multiple state, local, federal and private entities. It also includes resources that can be used in the development of an EMS partnership program. The purpose of the case study is to help promote regional EMS partnerships. It is intended to serve as a “how-to kit” based on practical experiences from participating organizations.

In addition two cities were highlighted with detailed case studies.

• The City of Dallas - demonstrates how EMS's are implemented in a major metropolitan city.
• The City of Coppell - demonstrate how a smaller local government can implement a model EMS.

Related Resources

• NTREMS website - Find contacts, environmental data, and resources on regional environmental partnerships.
• NTREMS Participating Organizations - The NTREMS website includes information on partners including the secotr of the partner..
• Environmental Improvement Goals and Results - The environment section of the NTREMS website contains the latest information compiled by participating entities. This information is aggregated, as is the information in the National P2 Results Database node kept on the Zero Waste Website. Some backgorund information on results is also available in the case studies above.
• Minutes from NTREMS Meetings - These minutes can be used to help gain an understanding of a typical meeting.
• April 15, 2008
• August 14, 2008
• The Virginia Regional EMS Website - Virginia pioneered the regional partnership approach to promotion of EMS's. Find out more at their website.