Internet Resources on

Cleaner Production in Industry

This page has been created as an aid to individuals researching cleaner production activities of major corporations.  When searching these sites, bear in mind that relevant environmental activities of corporations go by various titles, such as Pollution Prevention, Green Engineering, Clean Technology, and Sustainable Development. When using company 'search' features, "Pollution Prevention"  are good key words to begin with.

Latest Update: 1/19/96

Web sites have been divided into four divisions

Cleaner production   These are sites that provide a wide range of information of cleaner production activities, programs sponsored by the EPA and private organization.  Many have links to case studies, technologies, and corporate home pages.

Corporate Home Pages  This section has links to corporations with histories of strong environmental programs. Some of the pages have features that allow searching of key words --one good way to track down relevant environmental information

Environmental technology  This section has links to information about cleaner production technologies.

Other Useful Sites  Here you will find links to cleaner production case studies, more information about corporations and cleaner production technologies, the EPA and its resources, databases of environmental informatation, and other general environmental resources. These sites can provide information about environmental legislation and policy, risk and life-cycle analysis, emissions databases (including TRI), professional organizations, etc.

Cleaner Production    

ECDM Green engineering links from this site follow links to cleaner technologies.

National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education can provide much general information about cleaner production and also specific case studies.

Solstice: Sustainable Energy and Development Online! Soltice's focus is on energy issues

Enviro$en$e   -- EPA Organization Assisting Pollution Prevention Implementation

World Resources Institute

Managment institute for Environment and Business Publishes a newsletter, Envirolink, with industrial case studies, etc. Also has much other information about business and environmetal issues

American Institute for Polution Prevention (AIPP)  An organization of trade societies and professional organizations promoting pollution prevention. Sponsored by Enviro$en$e.

Welcome to The Green Business Letter  Edited by Joel Makower, author of the "E-Factor", this is a great source of information, even without buting a subscription.  Check out the rating of different environmental sites.  Can search old issues.

U.S. EPA Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Division

EPIC Home Page -- DOE pollution prevention clearinghouse

Pollution prevention resources Some pollution prevention sites compiled by the Washington State Department of Ecology.

Paint Coatings Net - Main Menu  Might be useful for group studying Forma Scientific

Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)

Pollution Prevention NorthWest, Newsletter Online newsletter of the PPRC

The Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Centre a Canadian organization

Environmental Industry Web Site

Chemical Manufacturers Association Pollution prevention report

Ohio Pollution Prevention Home Page

Battelle Pollution Prevention links

Other Publications Distributed by the WMRC Clearinghouse

Pollution Prevention Directory: I. Clearinghouses

Pollution Prevention Education and Research Center (Education)

Illinois Waste Management and Research Center Homepage Has a rather extensive library of references of pollution prevention information.

Corporate Home Pages     

IndustryLink Homepage   has links to home pages of many coorporations.

BASF Corporation                         Amoco Corporation

Chevron Corporation                      Cytec Industries

DOW Chemical                              DuPont

Eastman                                          General Electric

Huntsman                                        Lockheed Martin Corporation

Monsanto                                        Shell Oil Company

Environmental Technologies   

Green Pages - The Global Directory for Environmental Technology

Envirobiz Home Page

NW Edition of ENVRION/NET

Global Network of Environment & Technology (GNET)

Environmental Technologist - Fall 1996  This is a the publication of the Global Environment & Technology Foundation.

Environmental Technology Initiative an effort led by the U.S. EPA supporting more than 250 partnerships and projects to advance the development and use of innovative environmental technologies.

Eco Info Site which has reference to "Sustainable Development Technology" has long list of sites, most rather cryptic

WEnet World Engineering Network for Sustainable Development; has a lot of information, including a reference library and searching capability.

Other Useful Sites

Cleaner production case studies     

Ohio Governor's Awards / Case Studies

Commercial Companies Case Studies Enviro$en$e Case Studies

CPN - Affiliates

WMRC - IL Industry Success Stories

Sites with Links to and Information About Corporations     

Society of Chemical Industry  

Selected Industry descriptions

Chemical Engineering on the Net

Polymers DotCom Home Page

Major Plastic Producers

Plastics Industry Web sites ala PDC

EPA sites    

EPA Home Page

EPA Envirofacts Homepage allows searching of EPA emmissions databases, such as TRI and RCRA, and access to other EPA data.  The place to find emissions data for specific industry facilities.

Enviro$en$e Links to Industry  Enviro$en$e is an EPA sponsored program promoting pollution prevention in industry.  A great source of  information, particularly about companies participating in the 'P2' (Pollution Prevention) program.

Ohio EPA Home Page

Databases    

EPA air pollution database

RTK (Right-To-Know) NET Homepage provides access to a variety of environmental databases, including LandView-II.

OIPEA-Rutgers Industrial assessment database  A database of assessments and reccommendations concerning industrial waste production.  Must be unzipped to view.

General Environmental Resources    

STPT: Power Searcher:  Allows access to the major internet search engines; the AltaVista 'advanced search' feature can be used to run highly specialized searches of the WWW.

Environmental RouteNet's Home Page 24 hr free subscription is available. Server provides access to a wide range of environmental topics.  Allows searching of VISTA database, containing environmental information associated with a particular company, facility or site in US.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Environment

EcoLinks

Index Page to environmental sites

Sites of ecological interest

Environmental Professional's Guide to the Net

Environmental Links  a great list of sites compiled by The Air and Waste Management Association

Environmental Science and Policy

Code of Federal Regulation

Federal Register

Science & Policy Associates, Inc. Home Page

Risk Assessment Page This site has links to other pages on risk assessment

Air & Waste Management Association

The Life Cycle Analysis Web Site