United States ..:'.-.;-. Office of Pollution, EPA-742-F-02-001
Environmental Protection Agency Prevention, and Toxics Winter 2002
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Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N W ( 7407)
^Washington, DC 20460
(operated by Vistronix, Inc.)
Reference and Referral Fax E-mail Address
-.V.V-- .202-260-4659 , ppic@epa.gov
Winter 2002 NEW PUBLICATIONS
Mail, phone, fax, or e-mail requests to the address and numbers above. EPA documents and fact sheets
are provided at no cost based on availability. Please allow 3 weeks for delivery and limit your request to a
total of 10 items.
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PURCHASING PROGRAM
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guides
- The product/service-specific guidesHisted below describe.the challenges, successes and resources for
green-purchasing. Each, guide includes information on environmental impacts of purchasing decisions,
government agency success stories, and contacts and resources on green products and organizations
doing EPP.
EPA-742-B-01 -007 Greening Your Purchase of Food Serviceware (6 pp) December 2001
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.qov/opptintr/epp/pdfs/epp-pg-foodservice2.pdf
EPA-742-B-01-008 Greening Your Purchase of Copiers (6 pp) December 2001
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.qov/opptintr/epp/pdfs/epp-pg-copiers2.pdf
. Greening Your Purchase of Cleaning Products (6 pp) December 2001
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.qov/opptintr/epp/pdfs/epp-pq-cleaning2.pdf
~ EPA-r742-B-04-003 , Greening Your Purchase of Carpet (6 pp) December 2001
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/pdfs/epp-pg-carpet2.pdf
EPA-742-B-01 -005 Greening Your Purchase of Electronics (6 pp) December 2001
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/pdfs/epp-pg-electronics2.pdf
EPA-742-B-01-004 Greening Your Meetings and Conferences (6 pp) December 2001
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/pdfs/epp-po-meeting.Ddf
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DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Garment and Textile Care Program
*EPA-744-F-01-007 The Cleaner Guide: A List of Professional Cleaners Offering Wetcleaning,
Liquid Carbon Dioxide, and Silicone Cleaning Processes (9 pp) June 2001
List of cleaners is alphabetical by state and includes cleaners offering wetcleaning, liquid carbon dioxide
(Micare or DryWash) and liquid silicone (GreenEarth) cleaning processes. The list was compiled by
EPA's Garment and Textile Care Program, which encourages professional clothes cleaners to explore
environmentally preferable technologies capable of cleaning garments labeled 'dryclean only1, in response
to growing health and environmental concerns about exposure to perchloroethylene (perc).
*Note: This document is available online only, at:' ,v : •-•.-.-•-.:- •;-•-•:••. ••^••s-- •=-; - ^:;i/ v :-
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/pubs/garment/gcrg/cleanguide.htm - ; . ...... ..._...,.
and
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/pubs/garment/gcrg/cleanguide.pdf
TOXICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
PBT Program . - ; ;&......
EPA-742-R-01-Q03 2000 PBT Program Accomplishments (28 pp) November 2001
This accomplishments report deals with progress in preventing the introduction of new PBTs into the
marketplace; reducing risk to human health and the environment from exposure to priority PBTs already in
the environment; halting the transfer of PBTs among air, water, and land; and assessing PBTs' long-term
effect on the environment. Appendices provide additional resources, contact information, and an overview
of future EPA PBT Program activities. *:
Also available online at: --•-•- •--•-•-- -'-•-- ••• ••'•••= »•
http://www.epa.gov/pbt/PBT2000annualreport.pdf
You may also order many of these items online at:
http://www.epa.qov/opptintr/librarv/ppicdist.htm
Other P2 information available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/p2/
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