Center Mission:
The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies (CCPCT) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
has a mission to develop, evaluate, and promote cleaner products and cleaner technologies that minimize
pollution at the source and contribute to long-term sustainable development. The CCPCT focuses on
the earliest stages of pollution prevention: the design of products and the processes by which they
are made. Read more about our Center here...
Publications: CDP
REPORT
The Computer Display Project report is out! Visit our Publications page
for links to the document (the documents on that page are listed alphabetically - look under "Desktop Computer Displays").
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| ELECTRONICS FOCUS |
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| The CCPCT has worked on quite a few electronics projects over the years. The major projects have included the Computer Display Project (just recently released the final report), the Lead-Free Solder Project, the Printed Wiring Board Surface Finishes Project, Making Holes Conductive: A Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment, etc.
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Project Spotlight:
GREEN SEAL CHOOSE GREEN REPORTS
 Working with Green Seal, the Center for Clean Products has authored several Choose Green Reports, including reports on Office Furniture, Carpet, and Particleboard and Medium-density Fiberboard. These reports present an overview of the industry, highlight the key environmental concerns and provide a list of recommended brands that are environmentally preferable. The reports should be available to the public later this year. Click here to access the Green Seal Web site.
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Electronic Environmental Benefits Calculator, Version 1.0:The University of Tennessee,
with support from Abt Associates and Dillon Environmental Associates, developed this calculator under
a cooperative agreement with US EPA. This calculator tool is currently available in an Excel Spreadsheet
format. In 2007, EPA plans to make the Calculator available as a web-based tool. Read more and access
the calculator here...
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| The Alternatives Adhesives Project |
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| This project, entitled "Alternatives Adhesives Technologies: Foam Furniture and Bedding Industries - A Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment," has produced three volumes that are now available for public comment. Please click here to access the project page. There you will be able to learn more about the project and access the project documents.
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Accomplishments:
CARPET STEWARDSHIP
The Center for Clean Products, in an effort led by Catherine Wilt, has championed a signed agreement on carpet stewardship, signed on Tuesday in Atlanta. This represents the first voluntary EPR/product stewardship agreement in the US achieved through multistakeholder dialogue (hopefully the first of many!). It has been signed by 7 states (we anticipate several more in the next few weeks, including two that we already have verbal commitments from), the USEPA, and more than 95% of the industry.
Click here to access the Memorandum of Understanding (pdf; 483 kb).
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