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NATO/CCMS PILOT STUDY CLEAN PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES (PHASE II) 2003 ANNUAL REPORT
Citation:
University of Calabria. NATO/CCMS PILOT STUDY CLEAN PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES (PHASE II) 2003 ANNUAL REPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/625/C-03/009, 2004.
Impact/Purpose:
to inform the public
Description:
The 6th annual meeting of the NATO CCMS Pilot Study, Clean Products and Processes, was held in Cetraro, Italy, from May 11 to 15, 2003. This was also the first meeting of its Phase II study. 24 country representatives attended this meeting. This meeting was very ably run by the host Prof. Enrico Drioli of the University of Calabria. The meeting was sponsored by NATO CCMS, US EPA, the Italian National Research Council (CNR), and the University of Calabria. This was a larger meeting than the previous one in Vilnius, both from the viewpoint of representation and agenda. We started in the afternoon with introduction and a technical symposium on Sustainability Metrics. The early start of the technical agenda was necessitated by the need to still finish at noon on Thursday.
As before we had a great get-together among the delegates who benefitted from frequent exchanges of ideas for collaboration. Several proposals were made for multi-country collaborations (shown later). We visited several plants that practice cleaner production and were received by the Rector of the University of Calabria and the Mayor of Cosenza. We also visited the laboratories of the Center for Membrane Research at the University of Calabria. The goals of Phase II were reaffirmed to: 1) support the development of eco-efficiency and sustainability indicators and promote consistency and harmonization of their application; 2) examine and exchange information on state-of-the-art advancements in product design and process development in service and industrial sectors of importance to participating nations; 3) develop a web-based portal for the dissemination of pilot study results and improved awareness of related global developments; and 4) stimulate and facilitate productive collaboration among all participating nations.