United States Office of Pollution, EPA-742-F-02-005
Fnvironmenlal Protection Agency Prevention, and Toxics Spring 2002
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Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW ( 7407)
Washington, DC 20460
(operated by Vistronix, Inc.)
Reference and Referral Fax E-mail Address
202-260-1023 202-260-4659 ppic@epa.gov
PREVENTION
I Spring 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. Note that some publications marked with an asterisk (* ) are available online only.
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PURCHASING
EPA-742-N-02-001 Update #10: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program
(12 pp) * January 2002
Highlights include an article on how Environmental Management Systems (EMS) are driving agencies to
meet EPP goals; a profile of EPP Pioneer Cathy Berlow of EPA's New Headquarters Project; and news on
the Federal Electronics Stewardship Forum, Biobased Lubricants, the EPA-National Park Service
Partnership to integrate green purchasing into our national parks, and EPP Grants information.
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/pdfs/update10.pdf
DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
General DfE information
EPA-744-F-00-020 Design for the Environment: Partnerships for a Cleaner Future
Brochure * March 2001
Brochure providing overview of the Design for the Environment (DfE) Program, including information on
DfE approaches to pollution prevention (Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessments; Integrated
Environmental Management Systems; Life-Cycle Assessments; Best Shop Practices; Greening the
Supply Chain; and the Formulator Initiative), along with information on how to partner with DfE.
Similar information available on the DfE Website in:
About DfE:
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/about/about.htm
Approaches and Tools:
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/tools/tools.htm
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DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM (cont.)
Computer Displays
EPA-744-R-01-004a Desktop Computer Displays: A Life Cycle Assessment
Vol. 1: Report * (383 pp) * December 2001
EPA-744-R-01-004b Vol. 2: Appendices * (566 pp) * December 2001
Study designed to provide the electronics industry with information to improve environmental attributes of
desktop computer displays. Considers impacts related to material consumption, energy, air resources,
water resources, landfills, human toxicity, and ecological toxicity. Provides industry and consumers with
valuable information to make an environmentally informed decision regarding display technologies, and
enables them to consider the relative environmental merits of a technology along with performance and
cost.
Also available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/dfe/pubs/comp-dic/lca/
Gravure Printing
EPA-744-F-01-001 Effect of Ink Temperature on Solvent Losses and Print Quality
(6 pp) * February 2001
Overview of the Design for the Environment (DfE) Gravure Printing Partnership, with information on risk
reduction opportunities in the gravure industry, and data on a temperature control study.
Also available online:
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/pdf/qravure.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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