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Environmental Protection Agency ' . Prevention,-and Toxics ' "Falll998
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PREVENTION
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
U.S: Environmental Protection Agency Reference &~Referral
401 M Street, SW (7407) 202-260-1023
Washington, , DC 20.460-,. ..' . - , Fax : . , "Y , "" -
(Operated by-GCI,Information Services) 202-260-4659
E-mail -Address '' . .
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FALL 1998 NEW PUBLICATIONS
Mail> .call, fax, "or e-mail requests to" the-address and numbers above. EPA
documents and fact sh'eets are provided 'at no cost based :on availability.
Please allow 3 weeks for delivery-and limit your request to a total of 10
items. . - ..-''"......
GENERAL .'.--' \.
PROGRAMS & POLICIES
EPA/742/D-97/001 Draft Study of Industry Motivation for Pollution,
Prevention N -
... (103pp) . . April 1997' ,' ,- ' .' .
This study by the Pollution Prevention ;,Policy. Staff of the U. S..
EPA has three objectives: (1) to improve understanding by. federal
agencies of whether ,and how environmental issues influence core
business decisions in order to understand how various factors,
including public policy, motivate P2 in dndustry; (2) to improve
the understanding of these factors by.interested stakeholders in
government and the private .sector; and., (3) to engage in a debate-
that relies on the best factual- information available, 'while -
seeking to improve the quality of that information .and, .i*;ts
interpretation. ' . , ' , .-/' . . .
DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
GENERAL . . ' ''
EPA/744/F-98/004 Environmental Management Systems Bulletin #1:
'. > Using .Design for the Environment ' Concepts in Your.
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(6pp) ' July"l998
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This bulletin discusses the 'benefits of an environmental
mangement system (EMS) based on DfE concepts. The DfE approach
encoiirages companies to consider environmental and human health
risks in all business decisions. It also encourages companies to
evaluate cleaner processes, technologies, and workplace
practices. -
GARMENT & TEXTILE CARE
EPA/744/B-98/001 Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for
Professional Fabricare Processes
(450pp) June' 1998
This publication provides a comparative assessment of clothes
cleaning technologies available to professional cleaners. It is
a highly technical document designed for use by fabricare
experts, professional cleaners, owners, environmental health &
safety personnel, equipmentmanufacturers, and technically-
informed business decision makers.
URL: www.epa.gov/opptihtr/dfe/garment/ctsa/fabricare.pdf
EPA/744/S-98/001 Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for
Professional Fabricare Processes: Summary
(49pp) June 1998 '
This is the summary form of the highly technical and lengthy
Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for Professional
Fabricare Processes (EPA/744/B-98/001) .<
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/garment/garment.htmi
EEA/744/K-98/002 Frequently Asked Questions About Drycleaning
(7pp) " August 1998
This publication answers common questions about dry .cleaning and
associated risks.
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/garment/ctsa/factsheet/ctsafaq.pdf
ERA/744/F-98/011 Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for
Professional Fabricare Processes: Fact Sheet
(2pp) June 1998
This fact sheet describes the Cleaner Technologies Substitutes
Assessment for Professional Fabricare Processes (EPA/744/B-98/ooi) .
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/garment/ctsa/factsheet/ctsafact.pdf
GREEN CHEMISTRY .
EPA/744/K-98/001 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
Program: Nomination Package for 1999 Awards
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(7pp) . June 1998
This publication 'contains instructions ,' for nominating .green
chemistry technologies for £he 1999 Presidential Green Chemistry
Challenge Awards Program. It describes whattypes -of ' .
technologies'are eligible for the awards and who is eligible to
participate. , "',''.' " ''.-.,
URL: twww.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/greenchem/
PRINTED WIRING BOARDS
EPA/744/R-98/003 Printed Wiring Board Pollution Prevention and
Control Technology: Analysis of Updated Survey
Results .
(143pp) August 1998 ...-'
This document analyzes,the results of a,1997 survey of pollution
prevention and control technologies used by printed wiring board
manufacturers, as well as information provided by technology
vendors and obtained through-a literature search. '
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/pwb/pwb.html . ' '
EPA/744/R-98/oo4a Printed Wiring Board Cleaner Technologies
Substitutes Assessment: Making Holes Conductive:
Volume 1
. . _ 4.05pp) ' September 19-98 ,
EPA/744/R-98/004b Printed Wiring Board Cleaner Technologies
Substitutes Assessment: Making Holes Conductive:
.Volume 2 .
. . . . (4iOpp) ' September 1998 '
Volume 1 presents a detailed technical analysis of the
comparative 'risk, performance, cost, and natural resource' use for
technologies that can., perform the'making holes conductive
function during printed wiring1 board manufacturing. Includes the
standard electroless copper process and six formaldehyde-free
alternatives. ''Volume 2 contains the'appendices -cited in Volume '
1, including raw data tables.' ",'.,;
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/pwb/pwb.html .
EPA/744/R-98/002 Alternative Technologies for Making Holes
Conductive: Cleaner Technologies for Printed
Wiring Board Manufacturers
(44pp) September 199.8 . : , ' ,
-This document summarizes the'evaluation of six formaldehyde-free
alternatives to the standard electroless copper process for
performing the making holes conductive function during the
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manufacture of printed wiring boards.
TJRL: wv7w.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/pwb/pwb. html
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING
EPA/742/R-98/005 Searching for the Profit in Pollution Prevention:
Case Studies in the Corporate Evaluation of
Environmental Opportunities
(59pp) April 1998
This is a study of decision making behavior with respect to
pollution prevention investments within three large chemical
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manufacturing organizations: Dow, Monsanto, and Dupont.
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/acctg/paper2b.pdf
www.epa.gov/opptintr/acctg/paper2b.htm
EPA/742/B-98/004 Environmental Accounting Products Available from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
(6pp) August 1998
This is an updated distribution listing for Environmental
Accounting documents available from the DfE Accounting Project.
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/acctg/pdf/ppic.pdf
.ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PURCHASING
EPA/742/R-98/002 Green Spending: A Case Study of Massachusetts'
Environmental Purchasing Program
(16pp) April 1998
This State government case study documents how the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, increased its environmentally preferable
purchasing efforts from $2 million to $21 million per year. The
case study includes the history, of Massachusetts' environmentally.
preferable purchasing efforts, and an overview of the
Commonwealth's program. The case study also describes how
Massachusetts evaluates attributes of the products it buys.
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/
EPA/742/F-98/019 EPP Update #3
(12pp) , September 1998
This 'document provides an update .on the projects and activities
of the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing program.
URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/.
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POLLUTION PREVENTION INCENTIVES FOR STATES
GRANT PRODUCTS '
Metal's ' - , . . - . - " f '',' - ,; ' ' .
'EPA/742/B-98/005. . Pollution Prevention in Metal Painting and Coating
Operations: A Manual for Technical Assistance
Providers
(159pp) , April 1998 - , ' -
The Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
designed this manual to provide environmental assistance staff
with a basic reference on the metal coa.tings_ process. The
purpose of the manual is to enable assistance providers, to rely
on a single publication to jump start their, research on pollution
prevention for companies with which -they are working. -' The. manual
is explicitly designed to .be useful . t;o assistance professionals
with experience working with metal coating operations and those
who have never encountered .this proces's. The U.' S. EPA Pollution
Prevention Division , has funded this manual as a model of a
comprehensive packet of pollution prevention (P2) information.on
a single industry. . . '''.
EPA/742/B-98/OOS .Pollution Prevention in the Primary Metals
- Industry: A Manual for Pollution Prevention
Technical Assistance Providers
(3-5pp) April 1998 .' . . -
This manual for technical assistance providers comes from the
Illinois Waste Management and-Research Center'. (WMRC) . .It '
examines the pollution outputs and pollution" prevention
opportunities for several categories of. the primary metals. ' .
industry, including steel making, ferrous and non-ferrous foundry
operations, and non-ferrous metal refining. .- ,
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