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WASTE MINIMIZATION EFFORTS - AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. EPA POLLUTIONPREVENTION RESEARCH PROGRAM

Citation:

Bridges, J. WASTE MINIMIZATION EFFORTS - AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. EPA POLLUTIONPREVENTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-90/138 (NTIS PB90264029), 1990.

Description:

This paper is to be presented at the Governmental Refuse,Collection, and Disposal Association's 28th Annual InternationalSolid Waste Exposition in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 20-24,1990. he paper's purpose is to describe the current pollutionprevention research program assigned to the Risk ReductionEngineering Laboratory which incorporated multi-media direction inproviding practical solutions to the complex problems of wastemanagement. he pollution prevention research program follows thesix fundamental goals identified in the Pollution PreventionResearch Plan: Report to Congress. he six research goal areasare: products, processes, recycling and reuse, socio-economics andinstitutions, anticipatory; and technology transfer. unicipalsolid waste research is described for the source reduction andrecycling projects planned and currently in progress. he futureof pollution prevention research is described in several EPAdocuments as a major focus for the Agency. his paper will bepublished in the conference proceedings.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:07/31/1990
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID: 47080