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In this issue:
Program Updates
EPA Launches New Webpage on its Engagement in Sustainability Standards
A new webpage from EPA’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program focuses on how it participates in the development and update of environmental performance standards. It also has information on the importance and benefits of using these types of standards as well as examples of sustainability criteria the program has helped shape. The EPP program helps U.S. federal government purchasers utilize private sector standards and ecolabels to identify and procure environmentally preferable products and services. |
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New EPA Website Covers EPA’s Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards
EPA has launched a new website on how the Agency uses Voluntary Consensus Standards (VCS) which are technical documents, such as test methods, specifications, and terminology. Use of standards in regulation, voluntary programs, research, and other activities helps the agency achieve robust engagement with industry, academia, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others. The new website includes the laws and policies that guide EPA’s use of VCS as well as examples and case studies of how the Agency has used VCS, for instance in the creation of standards to assess greenhouse gasses from transportation.
Pollution Prevention Case Study: Voluntary Consensus Standards Leads to Increased Recycling for Rare Earth Materials
The new VCS website includes a case study from EPA’s EPP program on how a VCS inspired Dell to develop a closed-loop process to recover rare earth magnets from computer equipment and reuse them in new machines. In 2019, EPA awarded Dell a Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Gold Award for this work.
Deadline for Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grant Applications: July 22, 2022
EPA Regions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will accept applications for grants for eligible entities to implement pollution prevention projects through the SRA grant program. SRA grants can support research, experiments, surveys, demonstration projects, education and training related to source reduction approaches which is also known as “pollution prevention” or “P2”.
Upcoming Webinars
How to Improve Your Vision To See More Savings
Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 11 a.m.- noon EDT
Join TMAC (Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center) for a webinar on its free Excel waste calculator. This tool helps organizations identify operational inefficiencies, energy waste and environmental waste. This webinar will guide attendees on how to use the tool to discover savings and calculate their impact.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Energy & GHG Series: Understanding Carbon Emissions Reporting with New Belgium Brewing
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EDT
Join members of NCDEQ’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative to hear how New Belgium Brewing’s carbon accounting effort, launched more than a decade ago, led to a carbon-neutral certification for its Fat Tire beer. The webinar will also cover the basics of greenhouse gas emissions reporting for industry and carbon reduction efforts.
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P2 Helpline
The P2 Hub Helpline offers information and resources about pollution prevention. Please contact the Helpline at p2hub@epa.gov or (202) 566-0799.
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