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What is EPA

Chapter 35
Handbook of Research on Green ICT: Technology, Business and Social Perspectives
Is the acronym for Environmental Protection Agency in the United States of America. EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment. EPA employs 17,000 people across the country. EPA is headquartered in Washington, DC, EPA has got 10 regional offices, and more than a dozen labs. EPA has got technically trained staff consisting of engineers, scientists, and policy analysts. A large number of EPA employees are legal, public affairs, financial, information management and computer specialists.
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E-Waste Management: Challenges and Issues
Nina Godbole (IBM India Pvt. Ltd, India)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-834-6.ch035
Abstract
Electronic Waste (e-Waste) is a major concern given the negative effects it creates on our environment. Huge quantities of e-Waste are generated every year and the rate is expected to rise in our digital economy. There are regulations and laws around e-Waste; however for its effective enforcement, all the relevant stakeholders need to come together to enforce the laws and regulations. In this chapter, the author describe the e-Waste problem, the challenges and issues involved and finally, present the life-cycle approach (cradle-to-grave) and finally, the author present a policy framework for effective e-Waste management.
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Bacterial Remediation of Phenolic Compounds
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Chapter 42
Understanding the Context of Green ICT
United States Environmental Protection Agency is organization whose mission is to protect human health and nature.
Published in Chapter: Understanding the Context of Green ICT; From: Handbook of Research on Green ICT: Technology, Business and Social Perspectives
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Temporal Asynchrony of Socio-Technical Devices in Distance Learning?: Origins of Cleavage Between Academics and Learning Communities
The acronym of environnement personnel d’apprentissage and represents students’ networks such as Facebook or Google+ environments to work together and keep in touch with each other. Because of their mobile practices, EPA is characterized by swifted temporalities and peer-to-peer interactions.
Published in Chapter: Temporal Asynchrony of Socio-Technical Devices in Distance Learning?: Origins of Cleavage Between Academics and Learning Communities; From: Advanced Web Applications and Progressing E-Learning 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education
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Chapter 11
Recovery and Regeneration of Energy From Wastes
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Chapter 11
Green Information Systems for Sustainability
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finds that enhancing green supply chain management processes will reduce waste, decrease operating costs, lower training needs, increase revenues and lower the use of hazardous waste materials. The EPA’s guidebook on improving environmental performance suggests that by synthesizing best management practices, some leading U.S. companies “have saved millions of dollars while reducing or eliminating significant impacts” (The Lean and Green, 2000 AU75: The in-text citation "The Lean and Green, 2000" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Published in Chapter: Green Information Systems for Sustainability; From: Handbook of Research on Waste Management Techniques for Sustainability
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