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    A Community Guide to Environmental Health
    Drawing the connections between people's health and the environments in which we live, this book empowers health promoters, development workers, educators, activists, community leaders and ordinary people to take charge of their...
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    Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in air and dust from electronic waste storage facilities in Thailand
    This study reports concentrations of brominated flame retardants in dust samples (n=25) and in indoor (n=5) and outdoor air (n=10) (using PUF disk passive air samplers) from 5 electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) storage facilities in...
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    Canadian Raw Materials Database
    Introduction 1. CRMD Background The Canadian Raw Materials Database (CRMD) is a voluntary project involving a cross-section of Canadian materials industries to develop a database profiling the environmental inputs and outputs...
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    CMLCA: scientific software for LCA
    CMLCA is a software tool that supports the calculation of:
    • life cycle assessment (LCA), including social life cycle assessment (SLCA) and life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA)
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    Coolant Recycling and Waste Water Reduction Alternatives for the Aluminum Disc Polishing Industry
    This Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC; Formerly WMRC) case study highlights efforts of a manufacturer of aluminum discs used for CD-ROMs and other computer peripherals to recycle its coolant and reduce the volume of wastewater...
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    Earth 911: Electronics Recycling
    Includes information on e-waste and a searchable directory of electronics recycling centers in the U.S.
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    Eco-Patent Commons
    The Eco-Patent Commons is an initiative to create a collection of patents on technology that directly or indirectly protects the environment. The patents will be pledged by companies and other intellectual property rights holders and made...
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    EIME (Environmental Improvement Made Easy) Life Cycle Assessment Tool
    With its ergonomic interface, sectoral databases and low cost, Bureau Veritas CODDE's EIME - Environmental Improvement Made Easy has popularised environmental analysis. EIME is more than a software programme, it is a referential that lets...
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    Electronic Product Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
    EPEAT is a procurement tool to help institutional purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides a clear and...
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    Electronic Waste Topic Hub
    This online primer provides background information on pollution prevention information related to electronic waste and references to essential pollution prevention resources. This primer is intended for technical assistance providers,...
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    Electronics Supply Networks and Water Pollution in China: Understanding and Mitigating Potential Impacts
    This report from BSR looks at the Chinese supply chains of 10 electronics manufacturers and offers tips for companies that want to get a grasp on how their suppliers are impacting the environment overseas.
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    Electronics Waste Management in the United States
    EPA has been helping to improve the management of used and end-of-life (EOL) electronics for over a decade. EPA promotes the reuse and recycling of used and EOL electronics through various programs, including Plug-In To eCycling and the...
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    EUROPA-Site on LCA Tools, Services and Data -
    This page lists databases for your search or chosen category. Click on the name of the database to see the description of the database
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    EUROPA-Site on LCA Tools, Services and Data - LCI dataset area
    You can show the sub-categories by clicking on the + sign on the left of the category entry. To list all ELCD data sets of a shown sub-category, just click on the name of the sub-category. By clicking on an individual data set, it opens...
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    E-waste in NZ, CANZ report, July 2006 - Web version.pdf (application/pdf Object)
    The average New Zealand household has two or more television sets and more than one computer, representing a total of over seven million electronic devices.1 Their eventual disposal represents a potential toxic threat to our environment....
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    Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Waste Materials Recovery and Disposal, Three Years Later: An Update
    This report update describes which of the 10 Recommendations from the "Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Waste Materials Recovery and Disposal" either complete, in progress, or work remains to be done.
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    Five Chemicals Alternatives Assessment Study
    In July of 2005, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requested that the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) conduct a scientific study to assess safer alternatives for the following five toxic or hazardous chemicals: lead, formaldehyde,...
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    GaBi Software: GaBi Software
    PE INTERNATIONAL offers strategic consulting and leading software solutions to help you improve your corporate and product sustainability.

    We provide conscientious companies with cutting-edge tools, in-depth knowledge and an...
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    Georgia SR 83
    Senate Study Committee on Green Information Technology to study Georgia’s ewaste and make recommendations; by Dec. 15, 2009
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    GLOBOX - Software and data - CML
    GLOBOX is an executable software model for deriving the global multimedia fate, exposure, and effects of emissions as a function of characteristics of substances (e.g. Kow), of the environment (e.g. average temperature), and of human...
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    GLRPPR Electronic Waste Sector Resource
    This portion of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) web site provides links to online and hardcopy information related to electronic waste management, as well as relevant events, funding opportunities, expert...
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    GLRPPR Product Stewardship Sector Resource
    This portion of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) web site provides links to online and hardcopy information related to product stewardship, as well as relevant events, funding opportunities, expert contacts...
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    GLRPPR Sustainable Product Design Sector Resource
    This portion of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) web site provides links to online and hardcopy information related to sustainable product design, as well as relevant events, funding opportunities, expert...
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    Green Seal Environmental Standards
    Green Seal bases its work on thorough, state-of-the-art scientific evaluations using internationally accepted methodologies. Product evaluations are conducted using a life-cycle approach to ensure that all significant environmental impacts...
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    Greening Consumer Electronics: Moving Away from Bromine and Chlorine
    Electronics manufacturers, standards bodies, and legislators have begun to take notice of the Report coverhuman health and environmental concerns associated with the use of brominated and chlorinated compounds in electronic products. An...
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    Greening Schools
    Greening Schools is a joint project of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center (WMRC). This program is designed to assist schools with improving physical environmental conditions,...
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    Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
    In its 18th edition, the Guide evaluates leading consumer electronics companies based on their commitment and progress in three environmental criteria: Energy and Climate, Greener Products, and Sustainable Operations.
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    IBM Unveils Plan to Combat Data Center Energy Crisis
    IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced it is redirecting $1 billion per year across its businesses, mobilizing the company's resources to dramatically increase the level of energy efficiency in IT. The plan includes new products and services for...
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    IVAM Research and Consultancy on Sustainability: IVAM LCA Data
    Making environmental sound decisions on products and processes requires comparing alternatives and scenario calculations by asking 'what if...?'-questions. The implications of such choices can be shown with user-friendly software. We...
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    KM Limited Products & Services
    This user friendly software can help your business assure environmental compliance while assuring sustained profitability. Also, LCAPIX can greatly aid your company in achieving the ISO 14000 certification, a must for any business that...
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    Korea National Cleaner Production Center
    An objective method of assessing environmental impact by calculating the resources input (energy and material) and output (waste and pollutant) throughout the entire product life-cycle (raw material...
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    LCA Data Document Downloads
    This report was produced as part of the Australian Data Inventory Project, with financial support from Environment Australia, New South Wales Environment Protection Authority, Victorian Environment Protection Authority, South Australian...
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    Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
    Life cycle analysis (LCA) is the systematic approach of looking at a product's complete life cycle, from raw materials to final disposal of the product. It offers a "cradle to grave" look at a product or process, considering environmental...
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    Life cycle analysis and assessment
    The concept of conducting a detailed examination of the life cycle of a product or a process is a relatively recent one which emerged in response to increased environmental awareness on the part of the general public, industry and...
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    Life Cycle Analysis: A Step by Step Approach
    Life cycle analysis (LCA) is the systematic approach of looking at a product's complete life cycle, from raw materials to final disposal of the product. It offers a "cradle to grave" look at a product or process, considering environmental...
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    Life Cycle Assessment Calculator - Calculate Your Product's Carbon Footprint
    Welcome to the IDC Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Calculator that provides a simple way to assess the environmental impact of a product by calculating its energy input and carbon output from cradle to grave. The LCA Calculator developed by...
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    Life Cycle Assessment explained
    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) models the complex interaction between a product and the environment from cradle to grave. It is also known as Life Cycle Analysis or Ecobalance. Download our SimaPro Introduction to LCA (PDF, 1MB) for an...
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    Manufacturing Energy and Carbon Footprints
    Energy and carbon footprints map energy use and carbon emissions in manufacturing from energy supply to end use. The footprints show where energy is used and lost--and the associated greenhouse gases (GHGs) that are emitted. Each footprint...
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    Michigan Act No. 394/Enrolled Senate Bill No. 897
    Text of Michigan e-waste legislation, effective December 29, 2008.
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    Michigan Legislative Analysis: Electronic Takeback and Recycling Programs
    Summary of House Bills 6714-6715 and Senate Bills 896-897 as reported by house committee, 12/3/08. "In general, this package of bill would add a new Part 173 (Electronics) to the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to...
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    Minnesota HF 854 (S.F. No. 235): E-waste/Producer Responsibility Legislation
    This is the text of the bill recently passed in Minnesota which requires electronics manufacturers to pay for collection and recycling of electronic waste from households. The bill requires each manufacturer that sells TVs, computer...
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    Minnesota Passes Strongest E-waste Bill in U.S.
    This press release from the Computer TakeBack Campaign describes producer responsibility legislation passed in Minnesota in 2007 which requires electronics manufacturers to pay for collection and recycling of electronic waste from...
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    National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI)
    The National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI) was created to bring stakeholders together to develop solutions to the issue of electronic products management. NEPSI's main goal was the development of a system, including a...
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    NREL: U.S. Life-Cycle Inventory Database
    The U.S. Life-Cycle Inventory (LCI) database contains data modules that quantify the material and energy flows into and out of the environment for common unit processes. A full product life-cycle assessment (LCA) requires the combination...
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    Our Thinking — Life Cycle Thinking
    Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) seeks to identify possible improvements to goods and services in the form of lower environmental impacts and reduced use of resources across all life cycle stages. This begins with raw material extraction and...
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    Pollution Prevention Options for Chemical Manufacturers
    Rick Grote, ChemAlliance staff member, compiled this checklist of pollution prevention options for chemical manufacturers from information previously prepared by the Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC), University of...
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    Pollution Prevention Via Green Chemistry
    This green chemistry pollution prevention training from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Compliance Assistance & Pollution Prevention (OCAPP) was developed to help OCAPP staff and businesses identify pollution...
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    Safer Choice/Design for the Environment (DfE): Computer Display Partnership
    The DfE Computer Display Partnership, along with the electronics industry, evaluated the life-cycle environmental impacts, performance, and cost of technologies that are used in desktop computer monitors--namely, cathode ray tubes (CRT)...
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    Safer Choice/Design for the Environment (DfE): Printed Wiring Board Partnership
    The DfE Printed Wiring Board (PWB) Partnership encouraged the use of technologies that improve both environmental performance and competitiveness of the PWB industry. The Partnership website includes project background information,...
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    Semiconductor Manufacturing Topic Hub
    Semiconductors are crucial to all electronic products and to the global and internet economy. They are used in computers, consumer electronics and telecommunication equipment including wireless networks and handsets, industrial machinery,...
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    SimaPro LCA software
    SimaPro is the most widely used LCA software. It offers ultimate flexibility, parameterized modelling, interactive results analysis and comes with a large database included.
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    Sustainable Supply Chain Information Hub
    This site supports environmental professionals, marketing professionals, procurements professionals, top management, and any other parties that are involved in making their supply chain less costly and more sustainable. The purpose of this...
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    TCAce , Total Cost Assessment Software
    TCAce software integrates environmental life cycle assessment and scenario-based risk analysis to provide a complete understanding of all potential environmental and health related costs associated with a process or product. With...
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    The Chemical Footprint Project (CFP)
    The mission of the Chemical Footprint Project is to transform global chemical use by measuring and disclosing data on business progress to safer chemicals. It provides a tool for benchmarking companies as they select safer alternatives and...
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    The Green Chemistry Institute
    The Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) is a non-profit organization within the American Chemical Society (ACS) founded to promote green chemistry through research, education, information dissemination, conferences & symposia, and...
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    The Green Grid
    The Green Grid is an association of information technology professionals seeking to lower the overall consumption of power in datacenters around the globe. The Green Grid will function as an interactive body of members who will share best...
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    The Greenwash Guide (U.K.)
    This report (PDF) takes a look at the main issues and players involved in greenwashing, giving an overview of the many types of greenwashing, how it's committed and how to avoid it. The graphic-rich document includes real world examples of...
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    The Life Cycle of a CD or DVD
    This poster depicts the life cycle of a CD or DVD from obtaining raw materials through manufacture, packaging, distribution, useful life, and disposal. It explains the importance of life cycle management and encourages reuse and...
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    The Life Cycle of a Cell Phone
    This poster shows the life cycle of a cell phone from obtaining raw materials through manufacture, packaging, distribution, useful life, and disposal. It explains the importance of life cycle management and encourages reuse and recycling....
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    U.S. EPA: Environmental Stewardship
    The EPA launched this Web site on stewardship programs to help business, government and private citizens make choices on sustainable environmental initiatives. The Web site lets users find EPA partnership programs, such as the Energy Star...
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    USEPA Electronics Donation and Recycling
    USEPA website for information on electronics donation and recycling.
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    West Virginia SB746 SUB1
    Passed on March 8, 2008, this bill requires manufacturers to develop recycling programs. Manufacturers pay registration fees into State fund, used to reimburse counties and municipalities for recycling programs and admin costs.
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    Wireless…The New Recyclable
    CTIA - The Wireless Association and its member companies are committed to the goal of sustainable development and the environmentally sound management of end-of-life wireless products. CTIA's members that manufacture mobile devices are...
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