Reports

Extended Producer Responsibility 2

EPR is the extension of the responsibility of producers for the environmental impacts of their products to the entire product life cycle — and especially for their take-back, recycling, and disposal. Check the list below for INFORM’s research on this important issue. Reports Articles Fact Sheets and Case Studies Open Letter to Organizations Concerned About

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EPR is the extension of the responsibility of producers for the environmental impacts of their products to the entire product life cycle — and especially for their take-back, recycling, and disposal. Check links below for INFORM’s research on this important issue. Waste in the Wireless World: The Challenge of Cell Phones (109 pp., can be

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Building for the Future: Strategies to Reduce Construction and Demolition Waste in Municipal Projects, Bette K. Fishbein, June 1998, 100 pp. Synopsis: In cities around the country, construction and demolition (Cu0026amp;D) debris–the waste produced in the course of constructing, renovating, and demolishing buildings–accounts for 10 percent to as much as 30 percent of the total

Calling All Cell Phones: Collection, Reuse, and Recycling Programs in the US

Calling All Cell Phones: Collection, Reuse, and Recycling Programs in the US November 2003 Eric Most (48 pp.,) The follow-up to INFORM’s 2002 study Waste in the Wireless World: The Challenge of Cell Phones, this report addresses four key programs now under way in the US to collect, refurbish, and recycle used cell phones. It

Greening Garbage Trucks: Trends in Alternative Fuel Use, 2002-2005

The refuse business serves a critical function, collecting garbage from over 75 million homes, 7 million businesses, and 100,000 government enterprises nationwide. But most of the 179,000 garbage trucks that wend their way through our neighborhoods are diesel-fueled and more than 10 years old, making them among the most polluting vehicles on US roads. These

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