GUIDE TO ACCESSING
POLLUTION PREVENTION INFORMATION
POLLU lu ELECTRONICALLY
Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
;; 129 Portland Street, 6th floor
Boston, MA
(617)367-8558
February 1997
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Guide to Accessing
Pollution Prevention Information
Electronically
Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
129 Portland Street, 6th floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617)367-8558
FAX: (617) 367-0049
E-Mail: neppr@tiac.net
William Cass, Executive Director
Terri Goldberg, Pollution Prevention Program Manager
Lisa Regenstein, Pollution Prevention Project Manager
Jennifer Griffith, Pollution Prevention Project Manager
Rob Guillemin, Pollution Prevention Specialist
Sam Perkins, Pollution Prevention Specialist
Susan Green, Pollution Prevention Specialist
Lois Makina, Administrative Assistant
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
,K ^ t\kc US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of
NEWMO A is indebted to the u .:>•£» . Northeast states provided
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advice and assistance.
PROJECT STAFF/CONTRIBUTORS
U» Regent
Tern Goldberg, NEWMOA P2 Program Manager
Robert Guillemin, NEWMOA P2 Staff - Copy Editor
Beth Anderson, EPA - EPA Project Manager
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member states, or the US EPA.
HEWMOA we.con^s users of -his guid.,0^ and
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NORTHEAST W
ASTE MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS' ASSOCIATION
The Northeast Waste Management Officials" Association (NEWMOA) is a non-profit.
The Northeast w aste . s The membership is composed of state
Jersey, New York. Rhode Island, and Vermont.
and federal program resources.
NEWMOA was established by the governors of the New England states as an official^
interstate regional organization, in accordance with Section 1005 of the Resource Conservat.on,
and RecoveS Act (RCRA). The organization was formally recogmzed by the U.S.
SiKS^crion Agency (EPA) in 1986. It is funded by state membersrup dues,and
EPA grants.
NEWMOA established the Northeast States Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NE P2
stules fact sheets, notices of upcoming meetings and conferences, and a Ust of P2 expert, ( 3)
- and (4) conducting research and publishing-reports and other documents.
ution prevention information to state and local government
* others. Funding for the NE P2 Roundtab e ,s provd by *.
NEWMOA member states and the U.S. EPA. For more ^^^^J
NEWMOA, 129 Portland Street, 6th floor, Boston. MA 021 14, (617) 367-8558
(6 17) 367-0449 (Fax). '
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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' Introduction ,:
Section 1 -Regional and National Pollution Prevention Clearinghouses ; ,...v,- 2
Section 2 -Pollution Prevention Clearinghouse Databases ......... ,r . , -
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Section 3 - Pollution Prevention Software :,, ................ ..,,-,-••-•
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Section 4- Pollution Prevention Listservs
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Section 5 - What is the Internet ........... :: ^
How to Get Started on the Internet... ..... ...... ...... .,...........:.,-••••••-•• .................. ••, ^
Common Service Providers..,..;: ......... ;.r...............: ........... ••••••- ..... - ........ ........ ,-" ...... r',^
What's Out There. .?.:. ...... : .......... -.•••- ............. - ............. ...--•••^ ...... .- ........ .•-. ........... •••••-,
.-•. ' v ' '. ' ' ' : •'•.••'. '•'':_;.. ......... . ...... :27
Section 6 - Searching on the Internet 27
. " Search Engine Anatomy...... ...... -.•• ..... •••••' ...... --..>••••.••'••••••• ......... • ......... ,._.-.-..-;••. ............. •• ^
<- Differences in Search Engines. ...... ,.'.. ............ -•.-•. ..... ..•..••— ••:•.--. ....... -;•-. ..... •.-•• ........... ' ..28
Art of the Search ............ ... ................ ..............,.-..-=•-•• ............ .......... •-; ........... •- 29
WWW Search Engines.......... ........ .......... .....:...-. ...... ............. ...:......, ..,-• ........ - ....... ^'"'',4
Directories ............ • ........... •••- ....... >•-••'—; ...... •-• ....... - ............... .............v-.; ..... ^
What's New on the Internet? ...... . ...... ;.: ............... ........:• ........... .......... ; ..... •• ...... -•- ..... ' ^5
E-mail Addresses... .,..'•.... ;> .......... •- ....... -- ..... .-;•'••' .......... ---;-•• .—.•-.•••. ..... •'"""v"'_"^"^_36
Gopher Archives.... ...... ....... ................................ .:...,..-.•.-. ............. • ..... ; ....... •• ..... ^
Software Search.. ............. ............ ..... - ...... ••-. ..... •-•• ...... - ...... -- .......... • ...... "'"- .......... ' ...... ." ,7
Newsgroups.... ..... . ....... ........ .......... • ..... • ....... ..... • .............. ' ..... """ ........ ' -^j
MetaSearchs....: ........ • ............. • ......... .'• ...... •• ..... •••—" ..... ; ....... ....-•-•••••••:••-•• ......
Section 7 - Pollution Preveniipn Sites 4t
General Pollution Prevention Sites .................. ............... ........ -. ....... • ....... ••-• ..... ;: 44
r General Energy Efficiency Sites ........... ....... • ...... ••- :--: .......... ''V":'"''"V"""V"'.".".'1'.'Z46-
Industry Sector Sites ...... . ....... ..:..:..... ...... -• ......... ; .......... ........ ........... ..... - ..... :•-. ........... .^
MSDSSkes.. ........... ..... -•• ........ •— ................ ........-..._.-- .................... • ................ ••.- •
Design for the Environment and Sustainable Development Sites .................... • :-^
ISO 14000 Sites ..... ........ '.....-....................:-••; ....... -; ; ........ - ..... :" ........... "/" ''" ...... "'59
Air Pollution Sites ......... . ......... '•.-..•—'• ................... ........ ...... ••• - ....... ........... " ....... ••••••••••• ^
Water Conservation Sites ..... . ........ ,••-•• ..... ,...-• .—.-.- .......... ......... ' ..... 61
Recycling and Materials Exchange Sites.. ..... - ..... :...............•••••:•:•• ............... •-; ........ ^
State Government Sites ........... — •- ........... •— ...... •••••• ................. ' ..... ; ..... """"
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Feuer-i. Government Sues
Environmental Protection Agency Sues
Department of Commerce Sites
Department of Defense Sites
Department of Energy Sites
Legislation and Policy Sites
Miscellaneous Government Sites
International Sites
General Environmental Information Sites
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INTRODUCTION
This ( y'/y/i/c' to .-JCL'L-.V.S///^ pollution I'rcYL'Htion Information l-'.lcctronicuily has been developed as
a starting point for you to begin using the Internet and other computer-based tools, as a resource
for your pollution prevention research. There is a wide variety of information that can be
accessed on-line and more and more is being added every day. This document covers
clearinghouses and their databases; software; listservs; and Internet sites that contain pollution
prevention information. . ' •
Users should remeber that information changes rapidly, especially on the Internet. Some of the
addresses for web-sites in this guide may have changed and -new sites will most likely have been
added since NEWMOA published this document. We apologize for any out-of date information.
However, if you would like to assist us in maintaining this document, we would appreciate you
help. If you have any suggestions, corrections, or would like to add a site "to this guide, contact
Lisa Regenstein at NEWMOA via e-mail at newmoa@aol.com, by phone at (617) 367-8558 ext.
3 04 or at 129 Portland Street, 6th floor; Boston. MA 02 114 x
This manual is broken down into 7 sections as described below:
* Section i provides contact information for pollution prevention clearinghouses in the
Northeast as well as national clearinghouses.
* Section 2 describes the databases of pollution prevention clearinghouses and provides
instructions on how to use Inmagic software. This software is the platform for the
majority of these databases.
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* Section 3 provides an overview of pollution prevention software,
* Section 4 describes what an Internet listserv is and provides information on listservs
serving the pollution prevention community.
* Section 5 provides background information on the Internet and how to get connected.
* Section 6 provides information on genera) searching techniques for finding information on
the Internet., . , - "
* , Section 7 provides an an extensive list of Internet sites that contain P2 information and a
brief description of the site.
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REGION a AND NATIONAL FOLIATION PREVENTION CLEARINGHOUSES
V\ hat are pollution prevention clearinghouses7
Pollution Prevention Clearinghouses are technical libraries containing compliance and industrial process
information There is an abundant amount of information on pollution prevention technologies held in •
these government clearinghouses, Often, these clearinghouses will do searches for you on specific topics
and provide this information to you free of charge or at low costs. The following is a list of the state and
regional clearinghouses in the Northeast and the national clearinghouses
ConnTAP P2 Clearinghouse
Contact Bob Brown
50 Columbus Blvd.. 4th floor
Hartford. CT 06106
Phone: (860) 241-0777: Fax: (860) 244-2017
Email: ConnTAP'a:aol.com
Maine P2 Gearinghouse
Contact; Ann Pistell
Maine DEP. Office of Innovation and Assistance
State House Station 17
Augusta. ME 04333
Phone; (207) 287-7881: Fax. (207) 287-2814
New Hampshire P2 Clearinghouse
Contact: Kathy Blake
NH DES, Pollution Prevention Program
6 Hazen Drive
Concord. NH 03301-6509
Phone: (603) 271-6460: Fax: (603) 271-2456
E-mail; nhppp''a.dcs\vmdpl.mv.coin
New Jersey Technical Assistance Program
NJIT. CEES Building
323 King Blvd.
Ne\vark-NJ07102,
Phone; (201) 596-5864; Fax: (201) 596-5864.
E-mail: mhealy&hertz.NJIT.edu
New York State P2 Clearinghouse
Contact: Sitansu Ghosh
New York State DEC, P2 Unit
50 Wolf Road
Albany-. NY 12233-8010
Phone: (518) 457-2553: Fax: (518) 457-2570
E-mail: sitansu.ghoshfa.dcc.mailnet.state.ny.us
Rhode Island P2 Clearinghouse
Contact: Richard Girasoie
Rhode Island DEM. Office of Technical and Customer
Assistance
235 Promenade Street
Providence. RJ 02908
Phone: (401) 277-6822: Fax: (401 > 277-3810
Suffolk County Water Authority P2 Clearinghouse
Contact: Judy Jakobscn
SCWA. Pollution Prevention Program
PO Box 38
Oakdalc. NY 11769
Phone: (516) 563-0306: Fax: (516) 277-4097
Technical Transfer Center (TTC)
Contact Janet Clark.
Toxics Use Reduction Institute
University of Massachusetts. Lowell
I University Avenue
Lowell. MA 01854-2X66
Phone: (508) 934-3275: Fax. (508) 934-3050
E-mail: clarkjan.alun.org
Vermont Pollution Prevention Clearinghouse
Contact: Greg Lutchko
Vermont Office of Environmental Assistance
103 South Main Street. Laundry Building
Waterbury. VT 05676
Phone: (802) 241-3627. Fax: (802) 241-3273
E-mail: gregl'a;\vastcman.anr state.vt.us
NEWMQA P2 Clearinghouse
Contact: Lisa Rcgcnstcm
NEWMOA
129 Portland Street 6th floor
Boston. MA 02114
Phone: (617) 367-8558:Fax: (617) 367-0449
E-mail: nc\vmba:aiaoircom
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EP Vs P2 Information Clearinghouse (PPIQ
-401 M Sirccl. SW. MailCodc 7409.
Wash-inaton. DC 20460
'phone "202) 260-1023 . .
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POLLLT10N PREVENTION CLEARINGHOLSE DATABASES
^,HP databases of the pollution prevention clearinghouses in their regions
borne programs have ^^^^^ Jrches at Lr convenience The following list provides
These databases allow the user to do tn information. Several of the programs
mformanon on ^ d«*^°*^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ and ^ be
d^So^ in^c com). The other software programs that is used by
RUB Y is pro-cite and that can be downloaded from the North Carolina web-site.
6th Floor. Boston, MA 021 14, (617) 367-8558 ext. 304.
catalogues the information held in the North Carolina Waste Reduction Resource
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at the Waste Reduction Resource Center, Raleigh. NC 276 11 -
(919)715-6500 '
database is similar in structure and content to P2 INFO database^ TECHTNFO ^
Hazelwood Drive, Champaign. Illinois 61820, (217) 24.4-8989.
VENDrNFOis a database of vendor information. It uses the Inrnagic softv/are as its platform. •
VENDnio can assist users in locating vendors that sell pollution prevendon equipment For more
irl^ador , on this database, contact Ester Burke at the Illinois Management Resource Center. One East
Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61 820, (2 17) 244-8989. -
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L sing liun:i-gic Databases ' . • . - , , t- ' -r-
P^l\FO TECHINFO' and VENDINFO are all databases use [nmagic software as'their plattorm Hie
'tbllowm» paues provide information on how to use these,databases The instructions are for the DOS
version of the software A windows based version is available, however, most programs are still using - -.
the DOS .version. - . ' . ' . ; / ,
Starting Inmagic . . .
To start the program, change to the directory where the software was installed and type Inmagic. Most
often the directory name is also Inmagic: . .
C.:cd\inmagic "
C.\inmagic>inmagic
The Main menu appears on the screen. All of the menu screens contain the following elements:
Status line This is the top line of the screen where information is displayed about the current
operation, such as the number of records retrieved after a search. The database name and
other information is always displayed here.
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Display area: This is the area below the status line. Inmagic presents lists, forms, and database
information here. .
Message line The bottom line on the screen is where important messages are displayed.
Menu; The bottom line on the screen is the menu of available options. You use ihe menus to
move through the Inmagic screens and perform operations (sometimes a menu appears as
a vertical list in the center of the screen instead of as a menu bar at the bottom of the
screen).
The main menu is the first menu to appear in Inmagic. From the main menu you have the following
options: ' -
• c Open a database
• Define a database, report format, or related items
• Get on-line help
• Use Inmagic utilities ,
• Quit from Inmagic .
There are two ways to choose options from a menu. Use the arrow keys to highlight the option and press
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>tf.irchma Inm.tfic Datab;i.ses
r;:src ire TAO vv.v.$ ;f searching the database, using the command function or searching rrom the search
screen The iearch screen method is easier to use • In order.to conduct a search, a database must first be
open
!) Choose "open database" from the Main Menu and select the database you would like to search
2) From the menu you can choose to search either from the search screen or-with the command
option, ' -
Searching from the Search Screen
I) Opening the Search Screen - Select Search from the menu options. The search screen now
appears The status line should indicate which database you have opened and the number of
records retrieved in your search. The Menu line (second from the bottom) shows what function
keys are available. The search screen prompts appear just above the Menu line, and the large area
in the middle displays records and search items.
2) Denning the Search - The cursor should be located next to the first search.prompt. You can
move the cursor to any of the search prompts with the arrow keys. To define your search you.
have several options. The following list outlines controls that can refine searches:
Prompt
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Searching Parameter
fi'mered before text m the search prompt in order to find an exact match. , • .
Greater than.
Less than.
Find all occurrences of two words or phrase* when they are within n word(s) of each other
Find all occurrences of two-words or phrases when the first precedes the second by no more than «
words.
This is a wild card thai indicates "any set of characters". I Jse it at the end of a word or term. For .
example, the search plat* will find platers, plating, plate, plated..
Use the colon between words or terms on the same search prompt to specify a range. For example.
1 ; 1000, or a:d or 1990: 1995.
Means OR. Use either a comma or slash between words or terms to indicate that either term will satisfy
the search. • • . • -
Meaas. AND. use between words or terms to indicate that both conditions must be satisfied. The search
electroplating & chrome will find only those records thai contain both words.
Means NOT.
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' Search Results'- once vou have defined vour search-and Inmagic has searched :he dataoase. the
results of the search will be displayed on the screen and a new menu will be displayed The menu
screen provides the following options; «-,.-. .
Display This displays the records found on the screen. Records are displayed
Store Saves the search criteria and the results in a work file for use later
Report Displays the report screen to sort, format, print, or rewrite the search results
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Continue Returns to the search prompts and the previous search criteria in order to modify it
New Redisplay the search screen, clearing all prior search criteria
Delete Remove all the records found from the database /
Modify Make the same change to all records found in the search
Quit Return to the search screen
once you have determined which records you would like to include in a report, the records can be
printed- or displayer in other formats. Choose report from the search results Menu to display the report
screen. Several options are presented for sorting, choosing a format, and other possibilities.
To print a report, follow these steps:
1) Choose report from .the Search results menu
2) ; Choose Format from the Report menu: Highlight the report you would like to use from the list
and press enter.
3) Choose Sort from the report menu. A list of fields will be displayed: Highlight the field you
wish to sort by. Titles, for example. You can also choose to subsort the list as well.
4) • Choose print from the report menu. The report will be sorted, reformatted and sent to the
printer. You may want to choose display to see the report prior to printing or you can choose
write to save it to an ASCII file. The file can then be used with your word processing software.
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POLLITION PREVENTION SOFTWARE
;i -r, ,' ,r» "on ire ta&n 'mm jn artiUc entitled "Software fools for Pollution prwnnon orn>inail\
Maw '.or Sonhvest Pollution Pennon Resource Center "Pollution Prevention *,rih*est" by Scon Butner
\mJ sprinted »nh the authors permission. The complete text can he accessed vta the Interne, at
I'RLhttp »*w *eattle hattelle.org P2onltne P2Byte.htm
Today, you can buy software that will help you write a business plan, compose a song or write a
script learn to fly an airplane or dissect a frog, brainstorm a speech or proposal, or choose between
apples and oranges. Indeed, if you spend a lunch break browsing the shelves of your local software store,
you may come away wondering if there's any part of our lives that someone hasn't figured out how to put
on disk! Not surprisingly, this trend includes pollution prevention. However, the number of commercial
pollution prevention tools is still relatively small, with most of the software originating from government
asencies and university research programs. This is in part because of the relatively small market for such
software After all, a program designed to prevent pollution is not going to sell as many copies as the
latest version of "DOOM" But increasingly, tools are becoming available to help pollution prevention
planners do their work smarter, faster, and better.
What is pollution prevention software? .
Since pollution prevention encompasses such a broad range of activities, from good housekeeping
and improved management practices to product and process redesign, it can be a bit difficult to determine
just exactly what qualifies as "pollution prevention software." For this purpose, I've focused on a few key
categories of software tools that address decisions common to most pollution prevention programs.
These categories include:
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• Opportunity Assessment Software.
An important step in pollution prevention is being able to identify opportunities to reduce or
eliminate waste. Several tools have been developed to help users in identifying pollution
prevention options for specific manufacturing processes or products, and to assist the user in
organizing their opportunity assessment efforts.
* Process Analysis Software
With their roots in sophisticated chemical process simulation tools such as Pro/II or
ASPEN-PLUS, process analysis tools are designed to help users perform detailed analysis of
chemical processes. Typical chores might include the process optimization and on-line
identification and evaluation of waste reduction and treatment options. Examples include Batch
Design Kit, available through GenSym (Cambridge, MA) and EnviroPro Designer, developed by
Professor Demetri Petrides at the New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Decision Analysis Software
A great deal of attention has been focused on decision tools for making informed decisions about
possible pollution prevention alternatives. These tools help the user evaluate the environmental
and cost consequences of different pollution prevention options, and can be powerful tools in
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et the "hidden costs"-of waste Also included m cms caceuor. Are tools
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Related ^"* ™^|$ are available which are not specifically; designed for pollution
specifically for pollution prevention.
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vvSe SLos-cas., fve inc,U W con,aas, phone and .cr,d.,de.eb
sites) for the tools, along with a quick description of the tool.
as Enviro$en$e or P2GEMS.
Prevention and Control Diviswn, Research Tnangle Park, NC -7 /uv . i^. o
EarthAware
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Ein.ir.miiieiH.ll Assessment Resource Guide (EARG)
Purdue Lni\ers;t% 13D 494-1 T3 . .-',,.
E \RG .5 a generic source of information to help users conduct environmental assessments tor virtually
anv project "Topics covered include scoping, generation of alternatives, impact identification, and
analysis, mitiaation. decision making, and post-decision analysis Of particular interest are the World
Bank Mitigation Tables that addresses a variety of project types Requires Windows 3 1
This software can be obtained in the following ways: (1) purchase a CD-ROM containing over 50
environmental programs developed by US EPA and Purdue University including the energy program for
325 from Purdue University; (317) 494-1173 or The Farm Building Plans Service; Purdue University;
U46 ABE Building; West Lafayette, IN 47907-1146; (2) download software from EPA's Public Access
Web Server (the files are in compressed form and can be uncompressed using PKUNZIP version 2 04g
(hup; w\\-\v.ci)a.govgrtlakt!x.seahome): (3) obtain the software on disk from US EPA Region 5 from
Karen Reshkin at (312) 353-6353 or reshkin.karen@epamail.epa gov
Pollution Prevention Electronic Design Guide (P2EDGE)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (509-375-3703)
P2EDGE is essentially an electronic "idea notebook" of pollution prevention strategies that can be
applied to tb • sign and construction of buildings and other fixed facilities .Originally designed for the
US Departn- jf Energy for use by their facility planners, the P2EDGE software is used ir function
with the Pollution Prevention Design Opportunity Assessment protocol to help designers ide.Miry
opportunities for minimizing the impact of hazardous, material spills, reduce hazardous material
inventories, reduce stormwater pollution, and incorporate recycled materials into construction of
buildings, parking lots, and landscaping. Many of the strategies are accompanied by graphic examples.
bibliographic citations, or other supplemental information. A checklist lets you keep track of which ideas
are being evaluated for inclusion in the building design, who's responsible, and other information related
to implementation.
P2EDGE is a fun tool to use for inspiration if you are involved in building, upgrading, or operating a
facility New versions are currently under development that will expand the P2EDGE database to include
pollution prevention strategies in chemical process design and in textile product design. The software
requires Windows and works best on a 486-class machine or better r
P2 Progress .
P2 Research Branch, Risk Reduction Engineering Lab, fax: 513 569-7688.
EPA has developed a software program, called P2P (Pollution Prevention Progress), to help firms assess
the results of product redesign, reformulation or replacement activities. The software leads the user
through a brief protocol designed to help identity the pollutants generated before and after the
product/process change. Copies of P2P are available by writing to the P2 Research Branch. Risk
Reduction Engineering Lab, USEPA, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268. or fax 513 569-7688
Residential Energy Efficiency . .
Purdue University; (317) 494-1173
This program presents effective ways to reduce home energy consumption. Topics include insulation.
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A ~- -•'•:, -cor;. Aea;rierstr:ppin:g. and ca.ui'king The expert system feature allows users to calculate how
muon the', 'Aill sa<.e by making their homes more energy efficient After you enter information about vour
- home and the energy-savings that you intend to make, the program uses local "utility and climate data to
calculate your savings m money, energy, and reduction of pollutants. Requires Windows 3.1
This software can be obtained in the following ways: (,1) purchase a CD-ROM containing over 50
environmental programs developed by US EPA and Purdue University including the energy program for.
'S25,from Purdue University; (317) 494-1173 or Jhe Farm Building Plans Service; Purdue University
1146 .ABE Building; West Lafayette, IN 47907-1146;. (2) download software from EPA's 'Public Access
Web Server (the files are in compressed form and can be uncompressed using PKUNZIP version 2.04g
(hup: MW.epa.gov grtlakesseahome); (3) obtain the software on disk from US EPA Region 5 from -
Karen Reshkin at (312) 353-6353 orreshkin.karen@epamaji.epa.gov •
Solvent Alternatives Guide (SAGE,)
Research Triangle Institute (919-541-6916)
SAGE exemplifies much of what pollution prevention software can be, providing a technically competent,
user-friendly source of information on Cleaning-technologies. Instead of providing the user with a
conventional database, SAGE provides an "expert system" interface that leads the user through a series of
questions which help the system narrow down the cleaning options based on wide variety of part and
process specific issues. The user is then presented with a detailed technology description of each
applicable option, along with the rationale for their selection.
Perhaps the most valuable way to use SAGE is to pay attention to the types of questions it asks in
selecting technologies. I've found this to be a great way to sharpen my thought processes in makinc
cleaning technology decisions, and the technology descriptions contained in SAGE are
often as detailed and to the point as anything else available.
SOLUTIONS Facilities P2 Plan CD-ROM
SOLUTIONS Software Corporation (407-321-7912)
SOLUTIONS Software specializes in providing public-domain documents (regulatory lists! manuals, etc)
on CD-ROM. Their Facilities Pollution Prevention Plan CD-ROM(compatible with Windows) includes
complete texts of federal pollution prevention regulations, executive orders, and guidance documents.
along with a hypertext version of the EPA's Facility Pollution Prevention Planninu Guide. This tool can
be especially helpftil to small businesses seeking help in organizing'their poHutionprevention plans, and
provides a rich source of "boilerplate" language
for plans, permitting the user to focus on putting their creative energy into identifying and implementing
pollution prevention, rather than Writing about it.
Waste Reduction Advisory System (WRAS).
State of Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information CenterWRAS is one of the oldest software
packages for pollution prevention, developed for the State of Illinois in 1987 It is basically a
MSpOS-combatible database of pollution prevention and waste minimization article abstracts, organized
by both keyword and Standard Industrial Code (SIC). While the articles are somewhat dated, the
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«..--,..,;. : ;,-e uvi, ar.O ;ne quick access to pollution prevention strategies makes ,c one or tne rev
:Ml has remained on m> home computer through three consecutive hardware upgrades Though HWR1C
has no our-ent pians to maintain the software, the low price ($20) makes it a worthwhile investment
Decision support software
P2/FINANCE
Tellus Institute
P2.TINANCE was originally developed as for the U.S EPA by the Tellus Institute as a means of
illustrating environmental cost accounting principles, particularly for the evaluation of capital investment
options such as process upgrades or modifications. The software helps users identify the full range of
environmental costs associated with a process, by taking, into account such factors as waste management
and liability costs, which often get "lumped" into overhead accounts. The original version, still supported
by Tellus. was developed as a spreadsheet template, with versions available for Microsoft Excel or Lotus
1-2-3, • • -.
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Industry-specific versions of P2/FINANCE are being developed by Tellus for the screen and lithographic
printing industries, printed wire board fabrication, and metal fabrication industries Considerable effort
has gone into the update of the original spreadsheets, and the current .
version of P2/FINANCE are implemented as stand-alone FoxPro applications
Other tools...
Many of the most interesting pollution prevention software tools are not "P2 tools" at all. but are general
purpose applications that can be adapted to pollution prevention problems. One such tool that I've
enjoyed using is: '
IdenFisher
IdeaFisher Systems. Inc.. 714-474-8111
IdeaFisher is a creative thinking tool that should be familiar in concept to anyone who's been through one
of Harry Freeman's "associative memory" exercises. It uses the power of associative thinking (building on
the word association that your brain makes to stimulate creative thinking) to help you expand on ideas.
The main feature of the software is an "Idea base" which contains thousands of questions which will help
you refine your idea. The learning curve for this software is somewhat steep, but it can be helprul when
you're faced with a problem (pollution prevention or otherwise) that defies solution.
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Expert Choice
Expert Choice Incorporated, 412-682-3844 .
Expert Choice is a Windows-compatible program for applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process, (AHP). a
decision methodology that can be very useful in making complex decisions with incomplete information;
I've often thought that Expert Choice would make terrific tool for choosing between pollution prevention
options, and selecting pollution prevention priorities in large facilities
Evolver . . - ' '
Axcelis. Inc 206-632-0885 .
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ataost any other problem you can modal on a spreadsheet Though hardly (or
Powell ,00, ,ha, can be used to soive problems tha, other optimizalon tools Jan,
Waste Prevention Computer Tool Kit
Women Voters Publication Sales 202 429- 1 965 '
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audit worksheets, letter and memo templates cS, art fl^T Ti7 ' ' * kit mcludes
the home', shopping checklist, «r^S^rj±5£? ^ ^^ f°f §rades ^'^
businesses and schools, evaluation fo™ tad more %£ • ° businesses; nPs ^ specific departments in
leaders, solid waste educators ^ iw££t^^
and implement waste prevention prbgrams. '"formation and tools needed to develop
specific worksheet Or tool. This tool kit is *J^£!£^^t% P™ *" •* pr°*ram
create necessary documents and thereby save valuable time and P^Per required to
There's Always More....
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tracking systems, and waste
prevention opportunities and
where waste priorities are not i
entitled "Incorp
Guide," published
Pub,ishirtg, Columbus,
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databases- h^rdous material
**?"«* tools in ^essing pollution
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POLLITIO.N PREVENTION LISTSERVS
is .1 listserv?
A Jiswen, IS an Internet Email software package that allows a group of participants to easily exchange
.mormanon using Internet E-mail Individuals subscribe to the listserv, by sending an Email message
he hstserv owner Once on the l.stserv, participants begin participating in the dialogue in the foltowina
krL ^h s < uP°StS ' qUeSti'°n t0 thC 'iSt addfeSS That
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P2 Polic> '"'•-"• , •-' „, fnr discussin- pollution prevention policy-' Currently, this is a private.
The P::Polic> Ustsarv ^^rum ^~ fevent J professtoLs subscribed. To subscnbe to P2
unmoderated. closed 1 stsev• »M' J? P Jd £ s hone number; £.mail address and the name of
Policy send a ^^^^^.^ Questions about the service should be addressed
at talil address or caH the National PoUution Prevent^ Roundtab.e at
(202) 466-7272
r is a fomm for d,scussing regulatory issues surrounding pollution prevention technologies and
f 70^0 for he P2lEG listserv send an Email message contaimng your name. a. message
S «J °ou-uld^Hke'o subscnbe to the P2REG Hstserv, your Email address, your ma.hng address.
andyourphonenumbertolistman@uiuc.hazard.hwnc.edu.
1S= to , e^«S^vgyour E-nailaddr^ your maHing •***•**»' »™< ™m*« l°
fctman@uiac.hazard.hwricedu. This listserv also archves messages from th,s forumv
.
To subscribe to P2TRAINER. send a message with the word to P2TRAINER contaimng your name,
and Printing Industries of America.
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. « ^ >- i,« ressa-e to Wasne Pterdeheit at prerdem clepd er.gr -.use *i
.,;;: •;';:,:: « :^v» ",* » ^^ ,>ou ™y subscr,be „ both, ^ «.««
orjramzaiion. phone number and E-ma.l address
P2PRINT
list for printers and other professionals interested in reducing or
K5 o.L/flnd answers „ qu=st,ons
ng. Soo «he .opics te ,= discussed on ,ne ,,s, .ncU-d.
- less toxic alternatives to existing inks
- substitutions for existing cleaning solutions .
- ways to handle cleaning rags •
- managing hazardous or non hazardous pnntmg wastes ,
. questions about new, existing or proposed environmental regulations
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on printing materials .
"- quest ™ r£St new techniques, processes, or equipment re.ated to P2 m pnndng
- Sng or upcoming meetings where pollution prevents ,n pnntmg will be a topic
8558 x305 or at mhart@tiac.net.
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•WHAT IS THE INTERNET?'.
c Intel-nut. . I Chmle far Materials Scientists and
,V<7//i the Internet.
Newspapers and magazines are, full of stories about the Internet and the coming information
superhighway Predictions for, the future range from on-line video rentals and ,500 channels of cable
television to video telephones and global electronic libraries. Unfortunately, metaphors and hyperbole
have obscured the fact that the Internet is useful now and that it connects a significant fraction of the
United States and the world. This article describes, without too many metaphors, the current and
near-future capabilities of the Internet and provides basic information about access methods, popular,
services, and planned changes. In addition, the article also offers a brief introduction to Net culture and
etiquette. ' .
The Official Definition , ~ . „ r . v
The most common definition of the Internet is "a worldwide network of networks ; unfortunately, this
definition lacks any hint of the scope of services available through the Internet. Here, tens of thousands of
networks owned and operated by governments, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and educational
consortia are interconnected and easily accessible through a number of standardized interfaces. As a
result, it is difficult to measure the total number of the Internet users, but as many as 30 million people
worldwide are believed to have some connection to the system..
Currently the chief "backbone" of the U.S.'s portion of the Internet is the National Science Foundation
sponsored NSFnet. which connects more than 17,000 regional networks. The NSFnet's traffic is,
however being transferred to commercial networks. The regional networks, in turn, are connected to
local networks at companies and institutions. TMS, for example, is connected to the Internet through
PREPnet (the Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership Network).
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The Reality . ,. . . ^ u-
In reality the Internet is still, largely uncharted. Popular services, such, as the Macintosh software archive
at Stanford University, are usually run by volunteers and may be choked by overuse. Unlike commercial
services such as CompuServe, GEnie, or America OnLine, there is no central authority responsible for
content or user support. The superhighway metaphor is accurate in one respect-the Internet is a way to
get to services and other users and is not a destination in itself.
Technically, the Intemet'is run by an oligarchy. Interested individuals and institutions provide engineering
and research directions and promote the development and enhancement of services.
Significant engineering efforts have covered the continued development of information archives
(collections of programs and data), multimedia services (e.g., pictures and sounds), and
information-transfer protocols. The technical initiatives that keep the Internet's capabilities growing are
well beyond this article's scope, but it is important to realize that both technical and organizational
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. T.- - . ••- •••- i ••i.A:.-.e!v imai! number or"people and companies Despite its distnouted nature, :ne
ir.ter-ct -s.i^.ris •agreement on the basic rules tor transferring information between svstems
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SociaiK, ;he Internet is an anarchy University staff and students are the most common users, but many
major and minor businesses, magazines, government installations, and local electronic bulletin boards are
tied into the Internet as well One pleasure provided by the Internet is the unexpected interactions a
discussion of car problems might elicit a detailed description of assembly-line procedures from a line
worker or a plant engineer Another example involves a classics professor who posted a query about the
heat treatment of bronze in ancient times. He received assistance from several metallurgists and has since
corrected his translation of Homer's Odyssey. Unfortunately, seemingly free access to the Internet has
bred a certain amount of irresponsibility. Neophytes rarely realize the ease of offending tens of thousands
of people with an off-hand comment and should be careful until they understand 'the unwritten rules for
Internet use, also know as "netiquette."
HOW TO GET STARTED
Any relatively up-to-date personal computer equipped with a modem (a computer interface to standard
phone lines) can access the Internet. Many systems are bundled with everything needed to make the first
contact, and several computer or operating-system manufacturers, such as IBM and Apple, operate
on-line services. Further, standard modem communication software can be used to connect to a local or
national service provider that provides, for a small fee. Internet access. Some pf these services are listed
in the section Common Services and Access Providers.
Alternatively, many institutions have direct Internet connections and can provide essentially free access
for networked personal computers. The site's system management can provide the details. In this case, it
is important that new users be familiar with their institution's policies concerning appropriate Internet use
and privacy of communication; just as one should be familiar with work rules regarding personal and
long-distance phone calls.
Regardless of the mode of access, the Internet is not restricted to researchers. Personal, professional, and
most commercial traffic are acceptable.
Dial-Up Connections .
Most users without Internet access through office- or school-based systems have dial-up connections to
the Internet. Dial-up users need a personal'computer, a modem, appropriate communication software.
and a host system to call, usually via a local or toll-free number. Some dial-up systems provide little more
than access to the Internet, while others provide a wide range of additional services, such as on-line
newspapers, airline reservations, software support groups, and specialized access software. Choosing a
provider requires the user to appreciate the distinctions in the types of services offered. Although the
distinctions between different types of dial-up systems have blurred, there are essentially two types:
access providers, which chiefly sell access to services at other Internet sites, and on-line services, which
provide their own bulletin boards and services as well as varying degrees of Internet access.
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such as ,he World- Wide Web without an intervening shell (, e a
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many services of their own. bufthey do provide access a, a ow
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\~e-ea OnL:ne i300»$r-o364 Friendly software for DOS-based and Macintosh computers
Internet Center provides extensive support for new Internet users
CompuServe. (800) 848-8990 Originally terminal-oriented, but friendly software for Macintosh
and DOS computers is now available ,
Delphi Internet. (800) 694-4005: Terminal-oriented and may be difficult for novices to use. does
have, however, relatively complete Internet access. A new user interface is planned.
. Prodigy, (800) 776-3449: Family and consumer-oriented. Prodigy was the first service to permit
World Wide Web access through its personal computer support software.
There are hundreds of regional access providers. Two of the largest are
Netcom (800) 488-2558: Friendly Internet access software for Windows-equipped personal
computers. ' , '
Performance Systems International, (800) PSI-3031 High-speed and digital phone access in
major urban areas.
WHAT'S OUT THERE?
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Electronic Mail . ,. .
Electronic mail (e-mail) is the most common Internet service and is the lowest common denominator of
Internet access. Many otherwise unconnected computers have the ability to transfer e-mail to others
through the Internet. E-mail allows users who know their correspondents' addresses to send text
messages Internet addresses typically consist of a user name and a host name, separated by "@. Lser
names are typically the recipient's user name or log-iiudentification. The host name consists of a machine
or site name followed by "domain" names of increasing generality. Domain names are short abbreviations
for divisions, companies or organizations, types of organization (i.e., educational, commercial, military,
or government), and countries. My address, for example, is "mailto:meltsner@ctc.com" The part to the
left of the @ is my last name; "etc" is an abbreviation for Concurrent Technologies Corporation, my
employer's name; and "com" means that "etc" is a company. Most sites without a country domain are in
the United States.
The biggest problem associated with e-mail is the lack of any centralized directory service. Frequently.
the easiest way to find an address is to call the individual to whom you wish to send mail. When you
receive the message, it should contain the correct return address.
FTP •
The largest single source of Internet traffic is file transfer. FTP, or file transfer protocol, provides access
to hundreds of gigabytes of programs, text, recipes, weather maps, and other miscellanea. Most users tmd
archived material by browsing a few popular archives or through messages on newsgroups. Access
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:-.cx^,;-. "e.iv.;res :r,a: :;ie user or the service-provider have.a direct connection t'o the Internet, although
some archiv.es can respond to tile requests by electronic -mail • ' ' .-'
Computers with FTP servers store voluminous archives of files, with little, explanation. Directory and file
names are limited as well; a picture of the Saturn V. for example, might be listed as "bigSat5.gif," with no
indication as.to the differences between it and other archived Saturn V pictures.-To address this problem,
newer protocols support friendlier browsing and retrieval. ' .
Gopher, for example, provides longer descriptions of archived items. , , ,
\VorldWideWeb
The World Wide Web (W\VW or web) goes beyond Gopher and provides a uniform view
of the Internet as a series of interconnected "pages" in a global encyclopedia with the ability to jump -
between computers by clicking on buttons, individual phrases, or words. With the WWW. such links are
used to access related works, commentary, or non-text material such as sounds or movies. Most WWW
programs also support forms to allow users to fill in blanks and click on menus (much like Windows and
Macintosh programs) to search through databases and run remote programs. Web developers also
adopted the idea of a universal resource locator (URL). A URL lists all the information needed to access
remote files and terminal-based services in a consistent fashion.
In many respects, the web is a perfect metaphor for the Internet. One popular program for browsing the
web is Mosaic, which is a product of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications; it allows
users to retrieve files browse reports, perform full-text searches, and retrieve graphics and sounds from
around the world without ever typing a single command or host name.
The web's only problem is $he sheer amount of data transferred when graphics are accessed. Even with a
high-speed modem, pauses of a minute or more between pages are common. Luckily, many web services
recognize this problem and provide pages with minimal graphics for users without high-speed
connections. Some access providers have also developed methods to minimize the amount of information
that needs to be transferred while browsing.
To cope with the myriad of files available in Internet archives, several indexing services have been
developed. Archie, the first Internet-wide archive index, allows users to search for files by name and
returns a list of archive sites with copies. Veronica, an index of Gopher servers, allows for similar
searches of item titles and menu text. Lycos allows users to search for phrases and a word in more than
one million documents worldwide. There are several other services as well, with different search
capabilities, Indexes are the only practical alternative to luck and word-of-mouth for finding useful
services. Unfortunately, they may be busy and difficult to access since most are run by volunteers.
While few Internet archives exist for materials-specific information, archives are available for personal
computer and workstation software, numerical analysis libraries, graphics systems, and other tools-of
general interest to scientists and engineers (Table I). Many government laboratories and universities also
provide WWW or Gopher listings of their services, ongoing research projects, and technical publications.
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• - ;- " ' -oi f Ir-.er-.e: Archives for Engineers and Scientists ' '
* .3.-'^ ra. computer serr.'.are "ftp mirror archive umich edu"
* Personal computer software 'ftp • wuarchi.ve wustl edu"
• I m\ software "ftp ftp gatekeeper dec com"
* Mosaic and graphical software "ftp //ftp ncsa.uiuc edu"
FAQs, manuals, and documentation for netnews and the Internet "ftp 7/rtfm. mit.edu"
NOTE These archives can be accessed by FTP, outside of normal business hours. More sites can be
found by reading comp archives and other newsgroups.]
News and Discussion Groups . ,
The most addictive services on the Internet allow users to communicate with a large audience and to find
rTT^h r^ theirinfests- The Interne< SUPP°«* Ailing lists, newsgroups, and Internet
elay chat. The first two serve as forums or bulletin boards for those interested in a specific topic and the
" * * ' ***** ^^^ " ^^ ba"d simu!at°r sPlk UP in'° *
Early mail systems allowed a system manager to set up lists that could redistribute rnessaaes
automatlcally Today users can now add or remove themselves from maHing lists by maiHng command
ZS f ° >SPT 3? ** WherC maH SnVm Wi" automatically Perform requested servfces One
popular family of mail server programs handles more than eight million messages a day for moreVhan
6.000 ma, h™ l.sts While e-mail lacks the immediacy of Gopher or the WWW. mailing listTare effective
for users without full Internet access or the desire to search through archives and newsgroups
bh' °Ut °f an°ther C°muPUter network"the V*™ ^rst intended as a simple shared
bulletin board for computer users at the University of North Carolina, the Usenet news system or
netnews has grown to thousands of discussion areas with hundreds of thousands of parSc pams ooselv
si S To c'm° SeVCn maj°? ^ rC8i°nal news«rouPs' — ^ ^e-for-al. alternative hiera^ ^ Some *
sues also cany commercial newsgroups, such as Clarinet's wire news and a national cohimnists ser^ce A
recent count of news traffic showed more than 4,000 groups'and nearly a gigabyte ofSS
fwoTeeks ^ S°UndS ^ PiCtUrCS' Cha"er' ^ °thCr Iess-c'^e t^J±Sl preceding
A survey performed at the start of 1995 by Brian Reid of Digital Equipment Corporation confirmed the
rcTnSh6 S'? I11!6 USCnCt ^l**™- For example, abouT320,000Preaders sSn popTgroTps , ke
Snt.Jv±± ^r"10"8 "^ 8reupX WhCre m°re than 40° artides are dis'ributed pfr daj Even
hghtly used groups Jike sci.matenals reach 38,000 readers and distribute about 1 5 articles per day
Sorting through this flood of information is made easier by the hierarchical organization^ news g
erarcca organzaton news groups
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Newsreaders « P^rams that can access newsgroups stored on a
newsrounsn « T"*"? ""^ SOme newsreaders can ^ out unwanted discussions or sort
newsgroups mto more coherent d.scussions. In an attempt to reduce the number of repeated discussions
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mat s
-:a--e F \O , rVequentk asked question) articles that list popular questions with short answers
u.r.mdnze the current wisdom in a given area FAQs are also posted to the invaluable -answers" :
newsgroups such as news answers or comp answers., A detailed guide to the intricacies of netiquette can -
even be found m news answers, .but most .common errors can be avoided by reading a group for a month
berore posting any new questions. ' ...
Of course, no one should rely solely upon newsgroups for information or advice Too many users
respond wuhout knowing the truth. One should try to write articles that are as accurate and well written
as poSs,ble even ,f it may seem Lke.no one else is. While many newsgroups are plagued with noise the
occas.onally definitive answer or well-written summary makes reading a few
worthwhile. • '
Terminal- Based Services
Before services like Gopher and the WWW were developed, the onlv wav to interact directly with
serv,ces hke a book catalog or weather report .was to connect as a "dumb" terminal with the telnet
protocol. Termmal access meant that users had to enter different commands for each service although
some systems prov,ded menus and on-screen help to assist novice users. Ironically while remote access
was one of the purposes of the ARPANET, the Internet's predecessor, it's one of* Tlea!t Zufar ma or
, , o eat
serves. Other programs have taken over much of the interaction with other compute? he ve t
graphics-nch presentation) or mail servers (for users with slow connections): For example the TMS
bulletin board system, TMS OnLine, which provides information on society publicS meedm^ and
acnvu.es, is in the process of converting to a. web-based system. , meetings, and
Users on the Internet
Today, the typical Internet user is most likely to be a computer science student or professional but there
are an increasing number of mechanical engineers, materials scientists., solid-state ^«^L±s
and o hers invested ,n materials. In addition to TMS OnLine; there are several other areas wTereJOM
readers may find other Internet users with similar interests.
The easiest way to find other materials engineers arid scientists with similar interests is in the sci materials
and sc,.engr.metallurgy newsgroups. Of the nonmaterials groups, the sci.engnmech group ^ hL e^el em
discussions of materialised problems within the context of mechanical design a^ engineering
S
but* h 7 , 8nd thC """P^ mac ™* ^ cornp.sys.ibm.pc. families of groups o
-advncac '' ? °f meSfageS makCS ft difficult t0 find use&1 information. A warning
advocacy groups exist to draw endless, useless arguments and are rarely worth reading.
In addition to.the Internet's array of general interest software and data archives, there are also more
oreaniSlnS^rflcSM t'38 ^r """"^ ^oriihm^ libr*y * ftp://research.att.com. Government
organizations such as National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Science
Foundation provide useful archives of papers and project information via Gopher and the web Gopher
services provided by telnet://marvel.loc.gov allow access to information from much of the federal
l°HV^Ment FedwDrid.^net://fedw<>rW-gQv),a bulletin board system, is accessible through telnet to
deplrtmentr Pr°V 6SaCCeSSto
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'.• ".::.;- .. --.re- :x rrcrrr.ation :s rare, archies seeing other ermmeers and scientists are of use to
:-v_"i:crd.> commune Announcements of new .items and archives are common in many newsaroups'
vMtn news oomp arcnives being devoted solely to announcements of archived material
Comp mrbsv stems www announce lists new and improved web sites
What is the Future for the Internet Engineering Community?
While the computer science and electrical engineering communities are almost fully accessible via the
Internet, other engineering and science disciplines have lagged behind. Currently, there are several
newsgroups of interest a few mailing lists, and a limited number of researchers and students In some
baeSnC±± k"°1WiedSetaSIed SySte? S6SSi0n at the 1994 ™S A*™*' Meeting, significant work can
be performed solely over the Internet. James McDowell of Michigan State University and the author
organized the sess.on over the Internet, including abstract submission and paper referee! ng Others have
also taken advantage of the Internet for professional communication. Many sLion orgTnfzers list .
Internet addresses In calls for papers; undoubtedly, most abstracts and papers will be submitted
electronically in the future. '
thlmemt !±Tn T^ 7 ,aVailabie Via the Imernet' thfiy are terminaUbased systems that
. the Internet as an alternative to a dial-up connection (i.e., telnet). However ~more soohisticated
systems are under development. For example, one company .has evaluated a p^^S^S
takes a descnpt.on, matches it against ail patents since 1971. and returns the titles of the
^ 'nVen"°n Se"iCeS ^ *" ^ 3 and
Given the growing number of networked materials scientists and engineers, the only missine niece is the
availability of more materials properties databanks and technical report archives on "the n^erne Tat we» as
K'SJXttSZtt^^
Some materials-related services are available, of course. For example, the National Center for Excellence
TeChn010 OH1"1 ^ Concurrent Technologies Corporation for the U^ Naw
t0 ddlver ****** -Cation via a WWW
•• °tlWr orSanizatIons inv°lv«i in materials-related technology '
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development and deployment have similar plans.
bformlTfr STS iS^0t ^"^ f°r material$ Scientists ^ enS^eers, it does allow users access to
nformat on from the vyrde range of disciplines that support the materials community If the history of h
Internet ,s any gu.de, services of specific use to the materials community wiS^gU «
M ™ ^"ewTSf rb,ele!hntrr reprers the best °pportunity to «*
wun me new ideas and problems that the materials community needs.
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FOR \IORE INFORMATION
vahoo com; Computers, Internet/Beginner_s_Guides) is its own best
['lowing sources will.provide the reader with the information needed to get
started ' ' t '..'.•' ' . •
Hahn Harlev and Rick Stout. The Internet Yellow Pages. Osborne MacGraw-Hill 1994
' Exhaust fat of mailing lists, sites, etc. Obsolete as soon as you buy it, but fun to browse.
Krol Ed The Whole Internet User's Guide & Cataloged ed .
^°_l:,E: 1, l,nenveb C0m/ma«s/iw/v5n6/bookl.htm. 0'Re.lly & Associates. 1994.
joth in terms of services and culture
towards both person.1 and professional u«s for the teeme,
Online Access Chicago Fine Print. Subscriptions: 5615 W. Cernak Road. Cicero. Illinois ,60650.
..ON800U6 MODEM J24 per year. Oriented towards personal use of , he Interne, and on-lme
services.
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SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
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One of the most popular. '"^«*O^fcc^ ^ P ^^ ^^ ^^ a day Each ot
10 months online. The company says us servers j browser a quefy.,nto
these systems «*".— «•*'*••?"; ^I"£ So?d°c able links No special software is needed
a text box. and within seconds the Pr°Sra^e"™s a '^ d MaseUan. which are essentially registries
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hypertext searches on AltaVista.
F..gin«> Anatomy Baited record of the Web using ^ automated software
Web search engines attempt to crMlc1aftde*a\l^0°^. ^siti^ everj site in the public areas of the
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would be , speed Howev e^tes , £u ndrt* oppo s te tc, .^ ^ ^ ^ ^
to be nel,S,b.e V to occasional slow periods as demand hits a peak, none of
ha consistent performance problem.. A comparison of search
results, .however, revealed dramatic differences m content .
The most striking conclusion drawn from tests was that all these engines had a long way to go before ,
they cou d be relL on to deliver consistently accurate search findings. Each one delivered a h.gh
of irrelevant information when challenged with anything beyond a simple search on a
ented topic. Moreover, using the same terms, no two search engmes ytelded the same results
our entire testing period. There was a fair amount of overlap ,n results, and each
queries using often-cryptic Boolean logic.
Art of the Search
se searchers have become skilled at skimming cop ous quanm.es
anfort to pinpoint relevant information. However, by choosing the nght sue for the job and making the
effort required to craft an intelligently phrased query, you can dramatically .mprove the quahty of your
re?u?ts If your goal is site-seeing and you're happy to find any informat.on on a , particular top,c_ a the
search engines will do a fine job. (In fact, the designers of some search s,tes acknowledge that the, mam
goaTwas not to deliver a precise result but to get users within a link or two of the desired information-. )
But when you're on the trail of something specific, you may need to visit more than one site--and spend
Tome time reading the online FAQs so you can construct an effective query Delving deeply mto this
wTdTh^
different engines are suitable for different types of tasks-such as getting a qu.ck luting of Ae.mam sues
devoid to ! particular topic or organization or, on the other end of the info-spectrum, finding every
s^reference on the Web to some highly specific subject. Further, some online search services include
e ^ O
selected newsgroups.
If you're really interested in making the most of online search resources, avoid the habitof J^ JT. .
eln:h tool-simply because it's the closest at hand. Make an effort to fiumhanze yourself wuh the available
aUematTves and ^add a bookmark or icon to your browser for each engine that's relevant to y™£j£
Bother option is to bring in ^^ additional help. Some Web search tools .^^J!£°£?%^
search sites, this certainly speeds and simplifies the process of employing r^^SS.*LT:
you time as well. With the current Web search engines providing .their ""^X^^^thSe
more extensive fee-based service), it's certainly worth spending the time to make the best use of these
publicly available resources.
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Search Engines .,v lttemDt the near-.mposs.ble to provide Net surfers with a
There are \\ eb sues that ambitioubiv auemp^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ These ^^ pages a|lov, you to
searchable index of almost every wor on ev ^ ^^^ jn the title or summary of the page
find very specific information, even wncn
Alta Vista .
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compiled--a database of more than 21 mimon ,, * ^ ^Q avai,able for searching. The
45GB index. .Ankles ??^«^1^ the one.line searching suggestion is more helpful than you
S think* AltaVista's advanced search options are powerful bi
learn It's a must-visit search site.
Tests revealed Alta Vista to be as fast«-.
system running at 266MHz and ^'^^^^va., search results to be consistently
crawls through the Web to ~^^^^^«!^ferew» in little-known sites were
comprehensive than any of the other sites; Even OD „ ^
the best place to look.
While most of the other sites are [ c;ctonth/ reiiabie m tinarna any !,»«««.« - -.-
, broad-based t^^ttZZZZSZEZXni rate of expired Unks in A.,a
every search engine.
AH, VUta, search +**- — -
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other forms of the word. Fortunately a Powe **£^™££ ^ the m ,eve. of help in
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earls thus vear -ben Netscape chose ,t as the imk benma Na^iior s.
The appointment, has increased traffic'at Excites sue but also nas .ed :o
both a Web search engine and Web directory 'organized by category ..
, ' h'rh'was supplanted bv Exc.te as Navigator's Net Directory). 'All told. Excite.
to Yahoo s index, vvmu. ^ KJ ^^ ^^ search sites. While its keyword search engine is most
5 ih*he sfte a^offersTdaUy news summary, opinion columns, cartoons, and reviews of Web
sites written by a team of journalists. .
-r •'?'•* ^ F^cite was among the best of the search engines at staying current, And it did a fairly •
good joba? finding relevant information. It was about equal to InfbSeek and Open Text m the quality and
quantity of its search results.
InfoSeek
Access: http://guide.infoseek.cpm • ^ ^^ Web index (Thisis difficult to verify because.
busy the Net ,s, how busy the
— :s=^=i----^
^sir^rr;^^^
news entertainment reviews, and corporate facts.
^its
InfoSeek Guide should be your first stop.
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Access: hup: wvrw.lycos.com ^^ ^ .^ ^ ^ ^ wnerates the most controversy through
LNCOS .* one of the oldest VVeb,* of Web pages LycQ$ js a con t t ot
us markednu Claiming to house tne w b because it has a large number of binary files in its
competitive challenges. Lycos is a unique searc and ej. menus
database, mcluding GIF. JPEG. wav. and MPEG R»«Jt .Jso indsees ^ ^^ ^
giving its index greater depth than ^^^^^^^HOW^. only about 11 5 millior
daobue cumulatively rather tta, '*uMl£f *££™£ popularity by looking at the number
and existing URLs, Lycos's f^ "~iJSJl?W^ St in performmg each search. The
that number all search findings.)
OpenText
\_fu^ic a w^»
Access: http://index.op«ntextcom „-»;«.« and ease of use Us advanced search
±r ±^7^:0^^: s w* ££**•».—•«"' - >~ °"" °pw
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„, s -, -or esoter,c .nrbrmauon. ho**er. WebCra.ler ma> not be of tremendous he*, smce :he
a"e coders onlv about 500.000 Web paues
uo awrv when you extend a simple search, making it more complex
all of the terms in your query or some of them, and you can choose
the \VebCrauier engine
summary or description.
discussion
search
housed on an overworked
they appear in a search results listing.
document and a summary of the page. URL's for other sues
Hot Bot - http://www.hotbot.com _
' Inktomi- http://inktoniLberteley.edu/query.html
screen submissions and accept only better-quality sites.
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Magellan
Access:
McKinley's Magellan
results It rates many of its Web s
sites with a minimum rating of. say
^ f
= ,^
YQU
ty , Qver your search
four ^ You can ,narrow your search to
exclude sites with mature content by
h Mage|lan's larger database of
si.es. l «ca,e ««ch a,
often visited. : ' .
Yahoo
Access: http://www.yahqo.com ' • ,. ; y hoo and the reSults are listed
Yahoo is the largest and most popular *«cto^ ^^^JflJ ^. search: terms. Us list of sites is
by category, so that you can ^^^^ ^^5, and sub-subtopics that you'd easily get lost, if not
which can search all of Yahoo or only one particular subject area.
.(•
The Whole Internet Catalog
Yellow Pages, containing more than 16 million entries.
Apollo's Business Directory
Wide Yellow Pages, and Virtual Yellow Pages.
Web
takes
fro*
(see Whafs New,.
anything. The newest of the new on the Web can be found at:
Starting Point-New
\ccess- httD://www.stpt.com/new.html _
Starting Point's New list is a grab bag of the best and worst of new Web sues,
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\\ h.u's VNV Too -
^VN^VrPl±™!^Crfi.tenng or rejecting any announcements of new sues With Wha: s '
Ne" Tootou "an'search the past day. past week, or all past announcements m us database You also-can
create a custom.zed set of new site announcements from speahc Agones, to view on a da.ly or weekly
basis Thousands of new sites are added to the Web every day. NCSA's Wha* New ,5, therefore.
understandably choosv about which new sites it promotes It rev.ews" s.tes and chooses marnly multilevel
content-rich sites (without sexually explicit content) that are new or newly updated. The revtew process
delays the posting of a site by one or two weeks.
E-Mail Addresses .
Looking for somebody"7 Maybe he or she has an e-mail address.
Fourll Directory
^SS^X^^SL of more than three million e-mail addresses and persona, Web pages
Anyone can search Fourl I. but if you register you can access additional search features, such as
searching for someone by an old e-mail address. Fourl 1 also offers Web pages and a membe'-sh'P
upurade for a fee Additional search features for paying members include a sleeper search, which checks
the newest entries to the database for up to the next year. If and when your search is successful, you are
notified by e-mail.
LookUp
Access: http://www.lookup.com/lookup/search.html '
LookUp is another e-mail address database that's smaller than Fourl 1 but offers more features available
for free Registered members can perform advanced searches and add their own personal Web pages at
no charge, ,
Gopher Archives -, .
From William Shakespeare to Jane Austen, from Frankenstein to Peter Pan. complete texts of books,
poems and other literature can be found on numerous Gopher servers-almost always in no-frills plain
text You can also find documents of lesser fame-articles and information and writings, of every kind.
Gopher sites can be searched from many search engines. For people without access to the Web Archie.
Jughead. and Veronica are well-known Gopher search indexes. But take note, only directory and file
names are indexed. It is therefore easy to find the works of Charles Sickens, or ^e's Adventure.un
Wonderland But do you remember who authored that famous phrase. "No man is an island If you can t
seem to recall the admittedly obscure title of that work, you'd go insane trying to find it by jumping from
one Gopher menu to another. But a good Web index will quickly bring you to a Web page with
"Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions," by John Donne.
Gopher - gopher://gopher.unr.edu
Archie - telnet to: archie.rutgers.edu or to archie.sura.net and log in as archie.
Galaxy - http://galaxy.einet.net/gophef/gopher.htmr
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S^ f* ioft,are. not-,u,te-,ree softer, demo,, fixes, upgrades, and i mage flles
on the Net
FTP-
: "'"' "d dc'wSrnyhousands of freeware and shareware programs located on FTP
-
n file names,, not on the path nor a description
Snoopie '
Access: h"P://^*"™P£^^h of any FTP index. Snoopie is fast, but that's partly because it
perhaps the fastest, but not the best site for an FTP search.
CNET (Virtual Software Library)
particular platform
Jumbo
jumuu .
FTPsearch. Jumbo provides full program descripjions to read before dov-mloadmg.
?JSS5Srf Usene, News i, also Us w«kness-anyon. can pos, anything. TW. ^ you n«d a Sood
Usenet search tool to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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\ccess: hup: wNvw.dejnneNvs.com .^ You can limit a search to certain newsgroups or
The best Usenet search options come ^ ^ ^^ ^^ newef of older artldes
CN^^O^S "oTpterful searches of newsgroups available. yet power-user options ace
promised soon .
Sift
Access: h«P|'/sifcs?Iniro'ieSr,h also is powerful; it can search "from" and "subject" headers as well
combined onto a single Web page
M»tnsearches
send a sincle querv to multiple databases
stand head and shoulders.above the rest.
Search Page
Internet Sleuth
Access: http://www.intbc.com/sleuth/sleuth.litml
Internet Sleuth has the largest, most
searchab,e databases on the Net-more
from a
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•, • h., Databases include recent AIDS patents. Banlett'5 Familiar Quotations.
atab.se Other «arcntaba^ nd ^^ g ^^ ^th [S Qne.of the besc
. . . .
and abstracts from numerous-
Web 'sites tor locating specialized intormauon
^
MetaSearch - http://metasearch.com _
Searchers -•http://gagmewwa.com7~boba^earch html
Startina Point MetaSearch .. http/www.stpt.com/search.html
W3 Search Engines - http://Cuiwww;unige,ch/1meta-mdex.html ,
W3 Catalog - http://cuiwww.unige.ch/w3catalOg
important art (or science) in its own nght. Indeed, some w ,ervice..can enhance the results of your
^
Local Tools
eliminate duplicate matches.
. while the Personal Edition also returns ads that appear at sites.
develop a self-updating Web site that tracks a topic.
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Online Tools ' ' h recentK become av ailable' They're as eas% to use as the
Several \\eD-based super-search *£ thev combme mu,tip|e databases in a single-search
Web search engines reviewed in this rounaup. u .
. r,,u ,,,;„,, t= meta-ensin for free. However, if the results are in
Slights allows you to perform '^^^^ an N,ightN account before you can see
se NiishtN; instead- you
see a text summary of the Lycos results.
InfoMarket infoMarket as an information mecca. Right now, you can register for
""vi««.«— -ij-«« trtfniuarket as an nformation mecca. Mgm nyw, yuu ..a,. ,vs.—,. .-.
2«S35S:SsBS:aaiS=ss=:-
its own
new publishers in short order.
shall find.
f>f her WWW Resources;
Internet World
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Pathfinder '
Access: ^r f'^"ac created bx Time Warner Their goal is 10 seek ncsv Avavs to inform and
athi,ndcr ,s >-^^ lcnaincd. Pathfinder's goal ,s to be the future home of the largest
'••: .^rotctnoTneusanden^
Sports Illustrated. People and more. . - . .
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GENERAL POLLIT10N PRE\ ENT1OS SITES
^ , T-onsfer and Pollution Prevention (CT2P2)
Center for Technology Transfer ana / /ctt htm,
Access: http://ingis.acn.pu rda e. edu ™ 3P0PpC-bascd computer programs on various aspects ot the
Si -S« —a,, programs inch* too* on grower
estic wastes, and pesuc.dc storage
Department of Defense (DOD) P2 Tech Library
Access: h^://^^.°^7tvJ^ U coniainsa variety of P2 information including data
^fc^^^^
and the Army Environmental
EcoMall
Access:
E,,viro0n,en.anaf.rn,«io«R«.«rc«.».GMr,. Washington U»iv
A-
including P?. and
us manufacturing. Participants include US Gree
Public Technology. Inc.
EnviroSehSe *
A«"°: ^l!^^^^(^^T^^'^^^^"^^
r^sEj^r^^^^^^^^rM
progress, and knowledge of their peers, its leaiurw,» ^ * Solvent Umbrella, a solv ent
SS^S^ss-r—
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Access: hup:,, U6.U8.=.l 0,. - Change ol'U S, DOE polluuon proinuon .n.tomiauon
The purposeo! f 'C^ °^da«a govemmcms. and pnvale mdusmes ll include a 1,1* listing ol
nOETKe°,c rTn~ S.'a^nd- of upcom,ns DOE- sponsored contonces. n,=cUnss.
and irw events tolaicd !0 polluuon prcvenuon.
Engin««ringVVWW Severs (Environm.n.aUy Conscious Design &,Manafac,unng Lab,
: !£^^±±
design and manufacturing.
Materials Mana8«m«..= Th, Canadian Plication of PoHwioh Prevention and Conuo.
Access- http://www.io.org/-hzmatmg/
' This site -is an online Canadian P2 journal.
Illinois Waste Management and Research Center (WMRC)
"
e, .An onto* publicanoas l,st,nS ,s ava,lable.
Industrial Productivity and EiKrjy Assessment
Access: S^S^1^^.^^
areas o^-bascd inks, waste assessment data trackmg .ssucs. and alternate c P2
implementation techniques.
XationaJ Pollution Prevention Ceater for Higher Eduction (NPPC)
—
acaderma. . .
National PoUutidn Preveiitio, Roundtable (NPPR) PoHution Prevention Yellow Pages
sorted by state.
Northeast Business Environmental Network (NBEN)
Access: http://nben.org/ ««...«WMftcnifli activities in the Northeast including
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P.,c,fic Wth,e>t Pollution Frontier, Research Center (PPRO
\ccess: hltp: 'PPrc-Pn!-g°V
VVTulc pnmanK
prcv enuon res
t. PPRC proudcs mformauon on pollution'
throughout the U.S. .ncludmg a
carchable „ prev tlon
c,eannghouS=. and bac, .sues of the, neWS,ctter.
P2 Gems
Access:
. or
management tools.
Pollution Prevention Archives
g^eratedfrom the P2TECH listscn. This
not ^va.lablc .n hypertext.
tellus Institute
assessment.
Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)
"
developed are available in full-text format.
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UC Berkeley's Center for Gre*n Design and Manufacturing
" :
publications, current work and upcoming papers are provided.
UCLA's Center for Clean Technology (CCT)
This site provides an overview ot ix i s research programs. Pollution prevention research
includes a strong focus on process industries and chcmicaj engmeenng.
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GENERAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY SITES
Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) - National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
L.S. Department of Energy
Access: T^F^ofwts^erfung mfbrmation from vehicles (in programs sponsored by the
Alternative Motor Fuels Act) running on alternate.fuels, analyzes those data, and makes
them available to the public. Data is also available for the Biofuels Information Center and
the Clean Cities program.
DOE-Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
Access- http://www.eren.doe.goy/ . .
TOssueoffcrshun^edsofpagesofinformauonfromthcDOE'sOfficeofEnergy
' Efficiency and Renewable Energy. This online library of resources offers news and arch.vcs
about conservation techniques and developments in the world of energy technology. A
search engine is provided.
.Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Access- httD://www.epri.com/ . ...
The mission of EPRI is to discover, develop, and deliver high value technological advances
through networking and partnership with the electricity industry. It includes a list of '
technical business groups, databases, news, and links to other related information sources.
Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center (EADCMndustrial Assessment Database at Rutgers
University
Access: http://I28-6.70.23/ „ . A „
•'..'• This site contains databases and other information relating to pollution prevention including
an industrial assessment database. .
Energy and Environment-Division of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Access: http://eande.lbl.gov/EE.html •.'•.•- TU i
This site contains information on energy efficiency and building design. The site also
includes a catalog containing profiles of environmental & energsrelated technologies and
intellectual property available for commerciali/atipn. licensing, and sale: mtormation on
' opportunities for technology transfer and research A development within the greater New
York; and a contact listof people involved in Technology- Transfer in NewYork State.
Environmental and Energy Technology Exchange
Access:- http://www.eba-nys.org/exjJir3.htinl . 'j „„„.„..
The primary function of this site is to expedite the transfer of new environmental and energj
technologies bv providing quality information on new technologies for buyers or investors.
The site helps "facilitate'new research opportunities and partnerships between researchers and
industry by providing information on research programs and opportunities.
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, • i, , rv Enerov Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program
Oak R,d«e National L.iborator> Ener ^E 1 Eff;Energy_Eff.html
tt:, ^-^'•"' " ncr Pro
_
Access: http:, ^-^'•"'fs Encrgv"Effic,cncv and Renewable .Encrg> Program
Oak fcdgc ^^a^t;rpment ,„ So Held of sustainable energy technology Th.s s.tc
lheir prosrams- ll also G0nlains search cn§mes
databases,
' "
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
transportation.
Th« Otr,« of Industrial Productivity a.d Enero- Ass.ssm.ot (OIPEA)
SS^n^-aboses and otfccr infonnatton rclnuag ,0 potata
industrial assessment database.
Solsti« for
'"fon"auon
« -
connections, including several databases.
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POLLUTION PREVENTION SITES BY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
General Industry Information Sites
Industry.Net (On.Line Marketplace)
Access: A"j^n^ industry where shoppers can commumcate with vendors.
1 Features an online.directory of 180,000 U.S. manufacturers. .
Internet Green Marketplace .
h*t«. '/www envirolink.org/products/mdex.html
Access: http.^www.enviro""^° f{^, f d, businesses on the Internet that have passed a stringent
liee^^ U includ
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iapl.cauons
Ariculture
-„, ,'. .-roMdcs .nfornuuon on'.ho .orporaiwn <• :nMronmcntai pcuccs ano ?r:^r:n-
^nnhcations of P2m us manuVactunnjs programs
Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst ' t/
Access: " http://www.wisc.edu/farrnasyst/ ^ from niirates microorganisms and
s- -
A ;r rnnditioning ». /AUI\
lir-Conditioning and RefrigeraUon Inst.tu e (ARI)
Access- http://www.ari.org/intro.nimi rnmnriscd Or thc manufacturers of air conditioning.
S=^^^
a database on alternative refrigerants are available at this site.
Automotive
GreenLink A«,
Access: http://www.ccar-greenlmk.org (CCAR) has launched a multi-medta
The Coordinating Comm.ttee.for Automotive Repair £C AK)^^ .^^ ^^
Pollution Prevention in the Auto Industry _
Access: httP://w^'apaa'0^Pf^n^ Association's home page, this is a compilation ot
As part of the AT^^^S^i-ca.!--- under the Auto Industry Pollution
pollution prevention initiates (P2 Pf0^15' p":"* is a partnership belween tihe Michigan
Prevention Project (Auto Project). The Auto f j _H iQ focus pollution
~r- • .-i o..«iii»-nnrt Cnr\sicr. rora. ana VICMWUI i"«
,at adverseK- affect the Gread Lakes basin.
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Chemical Industry ,
BASF W asie Reduction Pl^m/feco/respcare/pp/wastred.htm.
ACCeSS: ' T??: ±lSe waitc rcduct.on programs that « currently used by BASF CORP
Calgon Corporation
al applications. Products, general mformation. and technical support resources are
some of the things available at this sue.
CHEM-A-LUBE ,- • .
gs2sS!£n±sssfS« .
Pemsylvania. Products include a .eitna d*tdier ond alternatives lo chlonnalcd solvcnu.
responsibility. v .
Coatin
engineering, paints and coatings, and quality control
• ' ' .-.,
The Paint / Coatings Network '
,.,.,,
ACM!!:
coatings industiy and related finishing fields.
PPG Industries-Envirqnment /io
Access: £r,s&^
promote pollution prevention, process safety, and employee health and safety
Dry Cleaning
Corner Cleaner
Access:
issues of the garment industry trade \o\xn*\ National Clothesline.
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Drv clean iii a ^ ebsue
'
. repots. .demotion projecu ,n,o,ung
alternatives to dry cleaning
**
Wet Cleaning Project
increase domestic productivity in electronics manufacturing.
IBM
Access:
Fntertainment Industry . ..../BfrTin
The Recording Industry Environmental Task Force (RIETF)
'"
reclamation. , , . •
Hospitals
Great lakes P2 Centre, Health Care
medical facilities.
M^tal Finishing , .
Finishing.com "the Home Page of the Finishing Industry
Metal Finishing - The On-Line Finishers Resource
Access-. , http://www.MetaI-FinishHig.com
. ifiers ^ olher
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for die,metal fimshinu •industry \c\\- •
. announcemcnis for developments iri
metals, and much more
The National Metal Finishing Resource Center
Mining
INFO-MINE
^.stance mfonnatuxu and creates a forum for
SSESS^saKrasa-^
registration, much of it updated daily.
pnt..nl»i.m Products .,/m-r^
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC)
Access:
environmental compliance.
Plastics
Polymers DotCom Home Page .
4~
Printing
EnviroSenSe Printing Industry Content Guide
contained in EnviroScnSc. including a list of Frequently
contained in EnviroScnc. ncung a s o x plutton
GardnerWeb
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-0 c-cn and Products Fm.sh.ns A -dors .n.brnut.on. ..nau^l^nts. ,na -^ -.c H.r.sor
Garner Bookstore are also ax a.lablc from ih.s sue
Sheets ( MS DS).
Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC)
and key printing industry associations.
RadTech International
Access: http://www.radtech.coin assoaauon with members from companies
SLtplv^/E^^^^^
intercsted'in or involved in UV/EB cunng tcchnologv
Ribbon-Jet Tech, Online Printer Cartridge Recycles 5»
AC-S: SffiSSS^S!±^ ««— 0" ^ - rec,:, pnntcr nbbons.
ink jet cartridges, and some LaserJet toner cartridges.
P...r nn* Paper-making ^ _
Alliance for Environmental Technology (AET)
Access: http://aet.orf/ ff ftf «.h«mcal manufacturers and forest products companies dcd.cated
AET is an internauonal alliance *™? anufacturing. AET supports
pulp industry, and more.
Pollution Prevention in the Pulp and Paper Industry
Access: http://aetoi^science/5reasons.htnil T idcs a 199S paper "Five Great
prospects for continued progress.
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Pulp & Paper Magazine website
http://www.pulp-paPer-com
K,pP* Paper
"d conferences
, facibooks. directories.
ava,,ab,e on the
data from pu|p md paper m,IU.
worldwide. '
and Paper Indus,,? Supplier Companies & Research OrganixaUo-s
', ,„ information and conununication resource for pulp and paf«:r
^
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Access:
and paper industry.
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Indust-r (TAPPl)
Access: httpi//www.tappi.org "«.;,, ;„„ for the oaocr and related industries. Us pnmar%
A«MS r2 to ,-nprovc the prfbm-
TAPi "
construction materials.
SAGE-Solvent Alternatives Guide (U.S
http://cleanirti.org/
; (Solvent Alternatives
and FoundriM
BASF Steel Drum Recycle Program
through BASF Chemical Division and its distributors.
Stee. Drun,
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steelmakers, and steelmaking equipment suppliers.
\\eldNet - Edison Welding Institute (EWl)
defense. primary metals, plast.cs. power generation and process mdustncs.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
.
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.MSDS SITES
^
ctenicais: and the ; Environmental Health and Safety technical reference Ubrarv.
MSDS On-line
University of Kentucky's MSDS
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Ot>lCN FOR ENVIRONMENT (DFE)&StSTAl>ABLE DEVELOPMENT SITES
Carnegie Mellon University Green Design Initiative Home Page
Access: http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/
The Green Design Initiative is a major interdisciplinary research effort to make an impact on
environmental quality through green design. The central idea of the initiative is to form partnerships
uith companies, government agencies and foundations to develop pioneering design, management
and manufacturing processes that can improve environmental quality and product quality while
enhancing economic development.
Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
Access: http://www.cnt.org/ . u, u
CNT. based out of Chicago, that promotes public policies, new resources and accountable authority
which supports sustainable, just and viable urban communities. Program areas at CNT include
transportation/air quality, sustainable manufacturing and recycling, and community energy
CERES Global Knowledge Network
Access: http://www.cerc.wvu.edu/ceres/ceres.jndex.htnil
The primary mission of the CERES-GKN (CERES, for the Roman goddess of the Earth, and GKN
for Global Knowledge Network) initiative is the creation of a loosely interconnected, globally
distributed, and locally administered set of knowledge bases on environmentally sound product
development processes to promote environmental sustamability The GKN will be accessible through
a variety of user interfaces to accommodate the diverse user community and will provide gateways to
pay-for-use. proprietary knowledge sources. Once such a network is in place, it will enable any
person involved in any stage of product/process development, regardless of geographic location, to
make the most environmentally sound and economically justifiable choices. A prototype of
CERES-GKN. based on the INTERNET and the World Wide Web (WWW), is currently under
development by a consortium of universities, research laboratories and industrial orgam/atio"s from
around the world.
Global Futures Foundation
Access: http://www.quituwt.coni/globain/globairu.htnil
This'non-profit foundation focuses on systematically integrating programs that lead to source
reduction, pollution prevention, low-cost market development, and market driven regulatory
structures that tend to reduce both economic and environmental costs. It includes online articles and
a publications listing.
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IISDnet - International Institute for Sustainable Development
Access: http://usdloisd.ca/ .
USD works at the "cutting edge" tracking and collecting information about sustainable development
activities, initiatives, and projects around the world. The Institute provides definitions, news, and a
sourcebasc for sustainable development
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'institute .for Local Self-ReliancedLSRV.- ./ .
Access: - ' h.«P://wT*:il:!rV°|^nd cducallonal orgam/aupn that prov ,des technical assistance and information
A nnnnrnt ,L rcscarcn _ 'development strategies. ILSR has information and publ.cauons
i with biochemicals and "green taxes."
riMner Production Database (Australia)
Cleaner^roa u/human Cnv/industry/ACPD2.html f /
£ovid^c^^^
in Australia Datab'ase targets small to medium-sized businesses. Also see:
http://kaos.enn.gov.auAiuman_env/industr>'/ACPD.htrnl.
Pollution Prevention by Design Project
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Resource Renewal Institute (RRI)
Access: http://www.rn.org ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^mnmhnnsiv^ environmental strategies, as the path
; and
industrv.
UC Berkeley Consortium on Green ^^ Design and Manufacturing
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r^elop linkages bc^c^m^
mtegrate engineering information, management pracUces and government pol.o-makmg.
University of Windsor Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing
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ISO SITES
14000
- US Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Registration and ISO 14000
'
Biv.rom.tol Managed Svstcm (EMS), and d.scusscs the sumlarities and deferences between
ISO 14000 and ISO 9000. Other guidance documents, mission statements, work estimation
processes and registration information arc also provided.
EPA Standards Network
*"-" Sw^sssSw- «* « **" - «f tr ISD r£,r
teUS EPA The site includes basic information on ite ISO sumdards and their rmpact ,n the LS
Also included are contacts for more information on the ISO
Exploring ISO 14000
Access: fp^rx^^
Hke FAQs, full text articles and the popular ISO 1400 1 p.zza. xhe sue covers ISO 14000 m depth
and touches on ISO 9000 as well.
International Approval Services (IAS)
Access: http://www.gasweb.org/gasweb/ias/isol4000.htm unnnPipe
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Reg.strat.on Program and ISO 4000 ?*&
International Approval Services (IAS) Environmental Management Systems (EMS) «*•»«"«
Program and ISO 14000 Page. IAS is an independent, third party rcg.strar for ISO 9000 / QS JOOO
and ISO 14000 management system standards.
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
ACCCSS: r0&r^
^ fission ?ISO is to pronLc the development of standardization and re.a^ «t
world with a view to facilitadng the international exchange of goods and sen .ces. ISO s
published as International Standards.
ISO 14000 Info Center - Sponsored by Environmental Industry Web Site
Access! http://www.isol4000.coin/ or http://www.isol4000.org •
In Edition to an ISO 14000 Overview, this sue provides a hst of acronyms
14000. reliant articles and publications. Business opportunities. *««f?
training information. The site also offers a list of certified companies and
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Qualitv, Management Institute (QMI)
Access: ". http://www.pi?-"e^?!"l/Standards Assoc,ation (CSA). has offered quality system rcg.strauon
nv,i -H'\««on of Canaan >tan ^ ^ ^ intcmationaliy recogmzed auditor certification
I ^QfXh ArncriCU atiiwc , , . ..
hat«'compatible uith'RAB/IQA critena. -__.._
Stoller ISO 14000 Home Page
Access:
14000 resources.
-A Guide to the New Environmental Management Standards
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AIR POLLUTION WEBSITES
Air and * aste Management Association (A&WMA)
Access: http^/^^-a^ma org , Q ^ w(lh more lhan 16.000 members m
A&WMA is a nonprofit ^"T^ , fonjm whcre all viewpoints on enx ironmenlal
morc than 65 counines. It p ro>^ J ^Vc< ^^ ,itical. and pubUc health) recave equal
'Z^:iZ^t^^ Pub-t-ons. meeungs. ne,s. publ.c outreach and
more is available.
Air Pollution Database-AIRS _
Access: ' http-JAmw^tJ J^S^^SLinotion about a.rbomc pollution m the United States
r^sa^ss^
— ;SS^
maintaining air quality.
Air Pollution Prevention .
publications listing are available.
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WATER CONSERVATION SITES
VVaterN'et
Access:
tools, and water forums.
WaterWeb
ACCB5:
regarding all facets of the water tecrmologv community.
WaterWiser (Water Efficiency Clearinghouse)
Access:
Marine Biological Uboraton and Che Nauonal Manne F.shcncs Series.
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REO CLING & MATERIALS EXCHANGE SITES
Environmental/Tlecj cling Hotline
Global Recjcline Network
n resource .hat .nciudes^cUng directs.
reference library on recycling, and a stock page.
Jay Stimmel's Recycling List
Access:
mfomMtion on the
Kin= County Recycled Procurement Program
AccL
and automotive products; product experience: and
National Materials Exchange Network
materials
among thim categories
NORA encourages
d
of legislate and
regulatory alerts is available at this site.
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The Oh,o Recycling Information nnd Communications Sys.em (ORICS)
"
oi Rota. inc
.^
Sy S, tata-. =n recycled.^™ producu. rccvchng markets.
recycling publication: - . ; ^
PaciHc Northwest Laboratory's Guide To Buying Green
reduce, reuse, recycle information; and regulations.
Recycler's World
matcnals. collectible i terns, exchange scrv.ces and pubhcauons.
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STATE G0\ ER-NMENT SITES
OUforn, ^'-^tc7e^-^Cal;l
AC"SS: "tfc: »«P^'*r«-"hW^°±!;±±hJ™ Ca, / EPA and ailiUttd organ^ons
. of Toxic Substances Control
State Government Bulletin Board Services
AccesT'" ""P^^^-^'^^^^SLs of state bbs resources including the Air Resources Board.
This site contains a listing onie^ ^£^^ ^^ ^ ^.^ contain a vanet>- of i
information, reports and directories.
ent
"Program Activities" page.
Environmental Council of States (ECOS)
SlSraft reports, online novslettcrs. and a staff irecton
raft reports, online novslettcrs. and a staff irecton
Hawaii High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) Web Server
e. HTDC is an agency of the State of Hawan.
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Agency (IEPA). Office of Pollution Prevention (OPPj
Access: gJP^^
' mlno^anL to encourage poiluuon prevent.cn efforts. Presently. th,s hnk only
contains a description of OPP. - ,
Illinois Waste Management and Research Center
Access: S^
• Ln-regulatorvenv^^^
located in the Hazardous Materials Laboratory on the Un.vers.ty of Illinois.
U^ana-Champaign campus. WMRCs sendees mclude: dean manufactunng and pollute
prevention technical assistance: research (basic and apphed support: mformauon
cleannghouse: waste managmcnt databases; and anal>t.caUaborator.es.
InStitUtC
Kansas State University Engineering Extension ^^ *"*?£» ln*MUtt
Access- http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_nrgy/ppi/ppihome.htm ' o-^ntiv
' The goal of the Pollution Prevention Institute (PPI) is to ass.st small businesses effic cntly
and economical* reduce and control their wastes. The institute uses a vancty °f tools to
accomplish this goal Through training seminars, workshops and prcscntauons to mdustry
groupsI PPI staff deliver the philosophy and general techniques of pollution prcvcnuon to
broad audiences. Through .free, nonregulatorv assistance, including confidential on-s, e
Lisments institute specialists help businesses apply the philosophy and techniques to their
' specific situation. PPI specialists focus on cost-saving opportunities through a variety ot
strategies.
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
\ccess- http://www.louisville.edu/groups/kppc-www/ cnv,,i
The Kentuckv- Pollution Prevention Center ,s Kentucky's statewide program helping small
and medium-sized manufacturers to identify and implement poiluuon Pre««»°"n J^ir
legislative mandate is to provide mformation and techn.calass.swnce to help Kentucky
manufacturers to voluntarily reduce hazardous waste 25/« by 1997.
Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Office of the Commissioner, Pollution
Prevention and Permit Assistance ,
AC"SS: S^^
information7n solvent alternatives, vendor info, case stud.es. technology transfer, and more.
Massachusetts DEP-Toxics Use Reduction Program
Access: http://www.magneLstafe.us/dep/bwp/tura, B~irH«nAct The site
This site includes information on Massachusetts^ TOMC Use Reduction Act T^e site
.ricludes program information, program data, software, and other relevant program
/information. This site is part of the larger Massachusetts DEP site
(http://www.magnct'.state.us). '
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Division (EAD) . /ea
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-na!U and product data'alonu u ,th related mlbmiaucn for UK metal im.sh.ng ™dustr>
Sties'mcludc ^vcb pages for on-line catalogs, neu products, announcements lor deseiopments in .
•' "' technolog> . classifieds lor used equ.pment. chcm.cals. and metals..and much more,
The National Metal Finishing Resource Center
Access: Th^a^^M^rpinishihg Resource Center was created to serve the needs of the metal finishing
mdustry and their technical ass.stance providers The Center offers pollution prevention and
compliance assistance information, and creates a forum for mformation exchange.
Mining
INFO-MINE
Access: ^o'S^i^a'comnScial site geared to the mimng industry and investors. Although registration
appears to be required for full access., there is a great deal of information available without
registration, much of it updated daily
Petroleum Products
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC)
Access: STTc^vITforrn^bv tteU S oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry to improve
technology transfer to producers. U facilitates the transfer of E&P technologies for uses in
environmental compliance.
Plastics
Polymers DotCom Home Page
Access- http://www.polymers.com/dotcom/home.html
Poivmers DotCom performs an ongoing search of the internet to locate and index pc _
resources, and to coordinate and publish the results of the scar.cr.es in an cas>to use^WWWm
It consists of a triumvirate web site formed from PDC Magazine. PolyContent and PolyLmks.
Printing
EnviroSenSe Printing Industry Content Guide
Access: http://www^eattle.battelle.org/es-guide/print/pnnt.htni . . ...rnrm^nn
This Content Quide provides you withseveral ways to navigate printing-related informa ion
Lnui^EnviroSenSc. including a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and answers!), a
"road map" of the printing-related information in EnviroSenSe: and a subject index to poi
prevention information for printers. This guide identifies some of the key documents
pollution prevention in printing and graphic arts. The Content Guides have ^^'^
EnviroSenSe b>- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Battcllc Seattle Research Center.
GardnerWeb .
wo^Sfinis^ing^Ses related publications. Molem Machine Shop. Automotive
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SITES
mzy '^ *ltt!*
\CCESS EPA: An Environmental Directory
mformation that is available through the contacts list.
Envirofacts
Access:
svstems: Permit Compliance aysi«... v --/. ~;"-^cRCLIS) Toxic Release Inventors .
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Pulp & Paper Magazine website '
Access: . ' , http:/Vwww.pulpW^^
Pulp & Paper Magamc^ndus^
' and cogences ^
,
worldwide. ,/ . • .
Pulp and Paper Industry Supplier Companies* Research Organizations
A""S:-
and paper industry-. .
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)
construction materials.
r ' ' •* • ' ' " ' '
SAGE-Solvent Alternatives Guide (U.S. EPA)
"•":
procL conversion checklist SAGE is also accessible through Env.roSenSe.
and Foundries
BASF Steel Drum Recycle Program
through BASF Cheinical Division andits distributors.
s . • . > - "
EnviroSenSe Iron and Sted Foundry Content Guide .
in Emiro$cnJc. including
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The VivsS Best Manufacturing Practices (BMP)
Access: " hup, -w.rn.oo^ _ conduc
° "
t Of Enerr DOE) Oak Ridge Facilities operated by Martm Manetta Energy
T c MMES) The purpose of the Oak Ridge survey was to rev.cw and document
ract ra wd mvcstigSeanv potential industry-w.de problems. The BMP program
^SySS^l I «u*d step i. a vo.untary technology shanng process among
the industry- and government.
n»nartment rfFnerw es /«.Tm
Ames Laboratory Environmental Technology Development (LI U)
^. Ames Laboratory ETD is deve.op.ng
l solutions to the problems of contammauon resultmg from nuclear weapons
Features of this sue include a library and Internet "Green" Pages,
DOE-Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
techniques and developments in the world of energy technology A
search engine is provided.
DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Access: ^^-^SSlta
prevention at DOE. A direct link to pollulion prevention mformauon can be acceded at
http://wvw.cm.doe.gov/polprev.html/.
Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Home Page (U.S. Department of Energy)
energy, and poUution prevention technologies for industrial customers..
Office oflndustrial Technologies (OIT) Chemicals Industry Team _
Access httP://www.nreLgov/oitAndustriesH,f.the-Future/chem,cal.html or
s?
innovative technologies.
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MSDS SITES
Chemical Safety Data
Access:
MSDS On-line
University of Kentucky's MSDS
,
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Environmental Pollution and Control
• foHworlu gov/cnv iron.miii ,
Access: ^s^bT'FcdWorld. 'this sue features hnks to various governmental agcnc.es and
laboratories
ion T Si FedWodd. thS sue features Hnks to vanous governmental
and laboratones related to environmental polluuon and control.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL) Technology Transfer Home Page
*-
available for technology transfer.
National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC)
~
services and databases relating to technology transfer.
Sandia National Laboratory
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California-Berkeley. .
Space Power (SP-100) Technology for Commercial Applications
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ceramics to metals, high-temperature elec
high-temperature motors and generators.
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Institute for Local Self-ReliancedLSR)
Access: ' ' httP://w™v.Usr.org/
' thai
tcchn,cai assistance and mlorrnat.on
Austral,, Database targets small to
http://kaos.erin.gov.auAiuman_env/mdu
Pollution Preycnrion by Design Projert_
- ^
Resource Renewal Institute (RRI)
Access: http://www.rri.org
e environmental strategies, as the path
industry.
L'C Berkeley Consortium on Green Design and 'V—--.---
'""
Access:
://ie.uwuidsor.ca/ecdm_info.litml
programs, publicauons.
abstract archive.
.''".. .' ' ^
Yellow Mountain Institute for Sustainable Livrof
Access:
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INTERNATIONAL .SITES
Australian Environment
Access:
Department of the Environment this s.te includes mformauon on
cleaner production and energy efficiency. .
Central European Environmental Data Request Facility (CEDAR)
to other European environmental Web sites.
Ecologica E-TIP Database
AC"SS
Technical Information Project (E-Tip)
on of the best environmental information resources on the Internet.
p
Sme kcv^oro; assigned bv ECOLOG1A. including topics as toxic substance
to other information providers.
Environment Canada, Atlantic Region
P2).
Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Centre
ACCK5:
Matcrid M«n»g«ment Institute (MMD-C«n«
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Nttiiakement Institute (QNU)
Access: , http: '
Stoller ISO 14000 Home Page
14000 resources.
Association (CSA>. has oficrcd quaUl% ssstcm rcg.strauon
U has an mwrnauonally recognized auditor cemncauon
detailed information on the development of the standards
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GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SITES
Amazing Environmental Organization Directory
American Society for Quality Control (ASQC)
-
• were.initiated by ASQC members.
* . *
CAMP (Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program)
ACCKS: %££!£*L» in *. L*- «*» t*>»«* search, techno^
d^elopmenVaml dcployraenl. .raining and harness assisonce
Canadian lnSti««. of Chartered Account of Canada', Environment R«.urc«
-"'* ss^-^rsssrj^-^w-
useful environmental and/or environmental accounting mlbrmauon.
The Cygnus Group nlsen.coin:7o/Oh/vendor/cygnus/about-cygnUs-gopher.htIrJ
ways to reduce and conserve resources.
Ecogopher-Environmentai Library Gopher
Access: http://ecosys.dnir.viiiuM«.edu/ecogopli*r.html
A gopher server providing various environmental information.
EcoNet
prvide to orgzations related to the resoecuve category.
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\\ATER CONSERVATION SITES
Water.Net
Access: http://wattrnet.cora/
^ bli(.atlons
C«TO™rf Waur TVclmblogy and
tools, and water forums.
VVaterWeb
regarding all facets of the water technologv community.
, , • : • '. : • ' '
WaterWiscr (Water .Efficiency Clearinghouse)
Access:
^EE=«*5S*"-.y - *• Nauona. Manne F
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Enxu«inme.u.ilSvSten« Research Institute. Inc..ESRI)
\ccess: http:..w-wMr-.esn.com/. . . ,nformation s>stems iGIS) technolog>
ESRI is dedicated to proud, ^^J.^,Porganizatlons, Along »«h product
and scr% ices for P^c'^.^ ^ cxpianation of CIS technologv. including desktop
map'pTnTA fr2 Gl's demo package is also available.
ESDX
Access:
EnvironTNet proviaes an «*».». of companies and organizations engaged in
Srfeadng technologies for environmental applications. The listing includes
Ppr°o; d fffSivic. for environmental assessments, engineenng. .and use
planing, hazardous waste cleanup, and other environmental requirements.
technology in EHS applications. .
Galaxy/ElNET
Global Futures Foundation (GFF) ;..,-,.• fc ... fcfm|
»*- ^^
• costs. It features a publications listing and online articles.
Global Network for Environmental Technolbgy
Access: http://gnet.togethe *;*& Technoloav (GNET) is the gateway to continually-updated
The Global Network of Environment and T^°l0^™;1 ' V. * ^ leads to marketing
e . eas o mar
infam^-tabv^-nrta^^
intelligence, financing and contracting opportunit m. W^SS ^novation, with a focus on
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i recycled-contcnt products. recycling markets, and
recycling publication.
Pacific Northwest Laboratory's Guide To Buying Green
-•
* - -i- :_r.-_«>.nn- nnrl rpolllntiODS.
reduce, reuse, recv-cle information: and regulations.
Recycler's World
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Rebe.irch mangle Institute
Access: http: process, and .ndoor air quality is av a.iable
SOLUTIONS Software Corporation (SSC)
"•
The Technology, Business and Environment Program at MIT
Access: ^T^mfc^2!^^«« *°S™ was foundcd l° hdp COmpaniieS *** ** *"*
The Technologv-. Busmcss ana tnMrowHv,! B . . .acccss The Program's mission is to
industrial ecology and design for environment.
The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (The WELL)
Access: j 260 discussion areas cailed conferences on subject including med.a.
Full use of the WELL requ-res a paid membership.
firms manufacturers of pollution control equipment and more.
WWW Virtual Library- Environment
sites. A specific listing of environmental sites is also available
(http://ecosv-s.drdr.virginia.edu/Envirhsts.htinl) -
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U,inoiV Environmental P-tec^Age^y (IEPA). Office of Pollution Prevention;(OPP)
Access: http:. vvww.epa.s • • ^ ,«u_,r'.,i -,nri rpouiaion,: suooort to many
Access: . hltP:^WW'J?*J1Sau0n'pre\cnuon. provides technical and regulatory support to many
minois compan.es to encourage pollution prevention efforts. Presently, th.s link only
contains a description of OP P. .
Illinois Waste Management and Research Center
httn-//www.hazard.uiuc.edu/winrc/ ... rT1I ,
Themws Waste Management and Research Center (WMRC) is a div.s.on ofllmois
noh-regulatorv envtronmehtal agency, the Department of Natural Resources. .WMRC .s
^atedin theHazardous Materials Laboratory on the University of Illinois. ^ .
U^bana Champaign campus WMRCs sen-ices include: clean manufactunng and pollution
prevention technical assistance; research (basic and applied) support: information ....;.
cleannghouse: waste managmcnt databases: and analytical laboratories.
Kansas State University Engineering Extension
^
soup^ LI staff deliver the philosophy and •^«*^.^^luSS'^"
broaS audiences. Through free, nonrcgulatorv- assistance, me ludmg confidcntia 1 on-s, e
ssLments. institute specialists help businesses apply the philosophy and techniques to their
spSnc situation. PPI^cialists focus on cost-saving opportunities through a variety of
strategies. - ,
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
Access- http://www.Iouisville.edu/groups/kppc-www/
Access. :?LPKentuckv pollution Prevention Center is Kentucky's statewide program helping small
IndSum^^^
Sislative mandate is to provide information and.technicalassis^ce to help Kentucky
manufacturers to voluntarily reduce hazardous waste 25 /.by 1997
Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Office of the Commissioner, Pollution
Prevention and Permit Assistance .
Massachusetts DEP - Toxics Use Reduction Program
S^^
incSprogrammfornuUo^programdata.soJb,^
information. This site is part of the larger Massachusetts DEP site
(http://www.magnct.state.us).
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