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EPA CLEAN PRODUCTS RESEARCH PROGRAM
Citation:
Curran, M. AND A. Robertson. EPA CLEAN PRODUCTS RESEARCH PROGRAM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-91/029 (NTIS PB91176826), 1991.
Description:
The recent emphasis on developing information on achieving pollution prevention has resulted in increased research activity by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the area of clean product development. urrently the EPA's Pollution Prevention Research Branch (PPRB) has six funded research projects under the Clean Products Research Program. hese projects include 1) compilation of background information, 2) profiling case studies of industries implementing changes, 3) identification of safe substitutes for toxic products, 4) life-cycle anal'.'sis methodology development, 5) development of guidance for industry to use in self-evaluations of product and process design, and evelopment of a method for measuring pollution prevention. rief description with the status of each project is included in the paper. his paper should be of interest to other researchers, industry arid consumers who want to follow the advances made by EPA in the area of clean product and life-cycle analysis research.
