Abstract
Industry could realize substantial savings and environmental protection could be enhanced if a new, nonregulatory federal hazardous waste reduction program were put in place, the Office of Technology Assessment claims. Dow Chemical, which has introduced such a program on its own, agrees. There is a remarkable window of opportunity for the government to help industry through a nonregulatory approach to waste reduction, says Joel S. Hirschhorn, OTA's project director for the study, From Pollution to Prevention: A Progress Report on Waste Reduction. As envisioned by OTA, an Office of Waste Reduction housed in the Environmental Protection Agency could offer information, technical assistance, and grants to states and industry to cut up to 50% the amount of hazardous waste now entering the environment.OTA is stressing a program that would reduce the generation of hazardous waste to avoid downstream handling, treatment, and disposal problems. Recently, EPA estimated that industry disposed of more than 300 mi...
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