Federal agencies active in waste minimization and pollution prevention

Technical Report · Fri Jul 31 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6925872

The National Energy Strategy calls for the United States to reduce industrial energy waste generation, increase recycling of wastes, and increase use of plant- and consumer-generated wastes as process feedstocks''. In response to this, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has created the Industrial Waste Reduction Program (IWRP) within the Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT). The primary objective of the IWRP is to increase industrial energy efficiency and productivity by reducing the generation of industrial wastes. Contained within the IWRP Program Plan are elements which include Technology Research Development and Technology Information Transfer. The purpose of this effort, Federal Agencies Active in Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention, is to transfer technology and information, communicate with other Federal agencies involved in waste minimization/pollution prevention, help identify areas of mutual interest, and reduce redundant efforts. The Waste Material Management Division at OIT developed this inventory of Federal Research Development waste minimization efforts. To maintain consistency between information gathered from Federal organizations, the term waste minimization/pollution prevention was used to label those efforts that reduce waste material or prevent pollution. Current trends and policies indicate that efforts will continue to grow within the Federal government in the area of waste minimization/pollution prevention. Accordingly, this document will need to be updated to reflect those changes.

• Research Organization: Research Management Consultants, Inc., Rockville, MD (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-91CE40956
• OSTI ID: 6925872
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE-40956T-H1; ON: DE93003688
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
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MINIMIZATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLLUTION CONTROL
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
US DOA
US DOC
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