ARI is voluntary, non-profit organization comprised of the manufacturers of air conditioning, refrigeration, and heating products. Information about ARI, consumer brochures, press releases, and a database on alternative refrigerants are available at this site.
A&WMA is a nonprofit technical and educational organization that provides a neutral forum where all viewpoints of an environmental management issue receive equal consideration.
The Alliance to Save Energy is a nonprofit coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy.
AET is an international alliance of chemical manufacturers and forest products companies dedicated to advancing the environmental performance of pulp and paper manufacturing.
A technical and engineering resource for aluminum recycling as it pertains to the aluminum industry. Maintained by Indiana University at South Bend.
This site contains the waste reduction programs currently use by BASF CORP.
An interactive Web site for the cleaning industry. Offers information and forums for information exhange.
Reducing carpet related waste streams
Information about cleaning products and vendors. For procurement programs.
Sponsored by Precision Cleaning Magazine.
SAGE (Solvent Alternatives Guide) provides information on solvent and process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing. It includes a comprehensive listing of existing and new cleaning technologies, ideas for minimizing waste, a listing of state technical assistance providers, and a process conversion checklist. SAGE is also accessible through Enviro$en$e.
Information on technologies presented at recent and future exhibitions.
The Coating Alternatives Guide (CAGE), is a pollution prevention tool for small- and medium-sized businesses and State technical assistance program representatives. CAGE is an Expert System and information base designed to recommend low-emitting alternative coating technologies to coatings users. In addition, CAGE provides summarized information on recommended alternatives. The system asks the user several questions about their current coating process and tries to match up alternatives that fit the user's operating conditions.
CCAR is a service of the: Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair (CCAR). It contains numerous useful fact sheets and links relating to P2 and compliance. Its target audience includes: technicians and owners of Auto Body Shops; Auto Repair Shops; Heavy Duty Service and Repair Shops; New Car Dealer Service Departments; and Automotive Educators and Students.
The Chemical Coaters Association is an educational and networking association for the finishing industry. They provide and exchange information on new technologies, and educational programs.
The EPRI includes technical business groups, databases, news, and links to other related information sources on electric power, and an environmental page with case studies, risk assessments, and modeling projects and a collection of tools that can be applied to other projects involving risk assessment, pollution control, watershed management, and many more.
The Navy National Center of Excellence for Electronics Manufacturing (EMPF), facilitates cooperation between government, industry, and academia to develop and transfer manufacturing technologies to increase domestic productivity in electronics manufacturing.
Environ/Net is an electronic index of companies and organizations which provide leading environmental technologies. It includes providers of products and services for environmental assessments, engineering, land use planning, hazardous waste cleanup, and other applications.
This site provides information about companies which provide environmental services and products, companies which provide services and products to the environmental industry, opportunities for environmentally oriented businesses, and resources for the general environmental industry. The Environmental Industry Web Site is published by Extended Marketing, Inc.
ERC is an innovative cooperative between private industry and government. Directed and developed by industry, ERC finds, identifies, accesses, catalogs, and integrates existing environmental information sources.
ESDX is an industry association organized in 1990 on a nonexclusive, nonprofit basis to participate in setting standards for more cost-effective management information technology in environmental, health, and safety (ESH) activities. Member firms include software users and makers--all committed to the improved use of computer software and information technology in EHS applications.
Farm*A*Syst helps farmers and ranchers identify pollution risks from nitrates, microorganisms and toxic chemicals. Home*A*Syst reaches non-farmers who face pollution risks from faulty septic systems, pesticide use, petroleum leaks, and hazardous waste disposal. The program's formula of education, self-assessment and action plan motivates rural landowners to voluntary action that increases use of site-specific management practices that prevent pollution.
Information on corrugated packaging. Includes a list of Recycling case studies, as well as information on corrugated recycling centers near you.
Finishing.com is all about surface finishing, from anodizing to powder coating.
This provides information on how Ford has developed recycling programs in its automotive production as well as how they are using recyclable materials to manufacture autoparts.
GardnerWeb is the homepage of Gardner Publications. GardnerWeb prodives access to its metal working and finishing industries related publications, Modern Machine Shop, Automotive Production, and Products Finishing.
IBM provides information and policies about their environmental commitments at this site
INFO-MINE is a commerical site geared to the mining industry and investors.
IFI offers technical information and assistance to cleaners and the public.
Extensive information on the printed circuit board industry, including: Printed Circuit Recyclers, Environmental Issues, The California Circuits Association, and the Interconnection Technology Research Institute
Good Information about ISO 14000 and Environmental Management Systems for novices and experienced experienced alike. Provided by the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a non-profit organization.
The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is a non-governmental organization consisting of national standards bodies from 100 countries. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services. ISO's work is published as International Standards.
Laboratory Waste Minimization and P2 Guide for Teachers
Part of the Galaxy server. This site features information on corrosion, metallurgical, and industrial engineering, paints and coatings, and quality control.
This site, dedicated to the industry, art, and science of manufacturing, features a manufacturer's directory, equipment and machinery classified ads, software for manufacturers, manufacturing news and notes, and more.
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation's Environmental Page. Substantial P2 information including DfE and information on Environmental Consciousness: A Strategic Competitiveness Issue for the Electronics and Computer Industry A comprehensive report on pollution prevention and environmental design in the computer and electronic industry.
Metal Finishing is a resource for suppliers, metal finishers, engineers, end-users, specifiers and other professionals who need metal finishing information. This site contains searchable databases for company and product data along with related information for the metal finishing industry. New features include web pages for on-line catalogs, new products, announcements for developments in technology, classifieds for used equipment, chemical, and metals, and much more.
Provided by the National Asphalt Paving Assiciation. Includes publications on quality control, and Best Available Technologies (BATs).
Features include: NCMS's Library Search; Manufacturing Information Resource Center The NCMS Manufacturing Information Resource Center (MIRC); Next Generation Manufacturing (NGM); Company and Product Services Database; National Metal Finishers Database and more.
The National Metal Finishing Resource Center, an Ohio EPA Office of Pollution Prevention top site was created to serve the needs the of the metal finishing industry and their technical assistance providers. The Center offers pollution prevention and compliance assistance information, creates a forum for information exchange, and helps bring together customers with needs and providers who can supply them.
Represents over 400 companies and includes news and information.
This is an online platform for corporate environmental issues. Browsers can obtain information ranging from international environmental standards to measuring a company's environmental practices.
NBEN provides information about pollution prevention and cleaner production as well as discussion groups for businesses in the Northeastern United States.
The Paint/Coatings net contains resources relating to the industry including an interactive environmental clinic coatings clinic, articles, product news, jobs etc.
PTTC was formed by the U.S. oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry to improve technology transfer to producers. It facilitates the transfer of E&P technologies for uses in areas like environmental compliance.
Technical, Environmental, and Educational information on plastics
Pollution prevention resources for the textile industry
As part of the Automotive Parts and Accessories Association's home page, this is a compilation of pollution prevention initiatives (P2 projects) by auto companies under the Auto Industry Pollution Prevention Project (Auto Project). The Auto Project focuses pollution prevention efforts on persistent toxic substances that adversely affect the Great Lakes basin.
Pollution Solutions provides concise information on the application of P2 to a variety of industries.
Polymers DotCom performs an ongoing search of the internet world-wide to locate and index polymer/plastic resources, and to coordinate and publish the results of the search.
PPG Industries' Environmental, Health and Safety home page. This site contains PPG industries' action to pollution prevention, process safety, and employee health and safety.
The goal of PNEAC is to provide access to electronic information about the environmental impacts of printing, effective means to achieve compliance with environmental regulations, successful pollution prevention practices in the printing industry, and descriptions of related projects.
PROCOR Technologies, Inc. is a software and professional engineering services firm specializing in material waste prevention. Its mission is to provide software and engineering solutions to help industry cut production costs by reducing the generation of hazardous and solid material waste. They also provide a lost of top P2 industry sites.
QMI, a division of Canadian Standards Association (CSA), has offered quality system registration service in North America since 1979. It has an internationally recognized auditor certification program that is compatible with RAB/IQA criteria.
RadTech International North America is a nonprofit trade association with members from companies that supply UV/EB equipment, raw materials and formulated products, and other individuals interested in or involved in UV/EB curing technology.
The Reconditioners Network is a voluntary service in cooperation with The Association of Container Reconditioners. Its goal is to assist in prompt, reliable, efficient and environmentally safe container disposition.
The Silver Council is involved in developing and promoting the equitable and environmentally-sound methods of handling silver resulting from photographic processes.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is an international professional society dedicated to serving its members and the manufacturing community through the advancement of professionalism, knowledge, and learning.
This site provides a list of steelmaking non-profit and government organizations, research centers, steelmakers, and steelmaking equipment suppliers.
TAPPI is a technical association for the paper and related industries. Its primary goals are to advance technology in the paper related industries and to improve the performance of these industries' professionals.
This a database for product and service suppliers in 52,000 categories. It includes an on-line supply finder.
UTC provides a broad range of high technology products and services to customers in the aerospace, building, and automotive industries worldwide. Its divisions include Pratt & Whitney, Otis, and Sikorsky. This site provides information on the corporation's environmental policies and programs, and applications of P2 in its manufacturing programs.
The US-Asia Environmental Partnership includes information useful to businesses and professionals that want to transfer their environmental and clean industrial technology expertise to, from, and within Asia.
Varn international manufactures alternative cleaning compounds for print lines, particularly washing systems for offset lithographic print lines.
Edison Welding Institute maintains its home pages for various programs within the Institute, as well as access to the WeldNet databases. EWI provides practical welding and joining solutions to the automotive, appliance, welding equipment, heavy manufacturing, electronics, medical aerospace, defense, primary metals, plastics, power generation and process industries.
Offers documents, tools, resources, and success stories.
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Last updated: January, 1998