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RUNNING A CONFERENCE AS A CLEAN PRODUCT
Citation:
Stone, K. AND M. Bourassa. RUNNING A CONFERENCE AS A CLEAN PRODUCT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-91/026.
Description:
More than 1000 attended the International Conference on Pollution Prevention: Clean Technologies and Clean Products, held in Washington, DC, June 10-13, 1990. ith support from the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the International Association for Clean Technology, this conference was sponsored by the EPA's Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio. eaturing 52 sessions and more than 250 speakers, this conference explored the innovative technologies and socioeconomic issues arising in the field of pollution prevention. ith an agenda of presenting successful examples of clean technologies and clean products, the conference became the perfect opportunity to examine how a large meeting might itself be run as a clean product. everal pollution prevention options were identified and implemented, with varying degrees of success. his report examines the development of this conference as a clean product, the options identified, how they were implemented and the level of success achieved.