Land, Waste and Emergency Management Innovations
Innovation Pilots by Primary Sector
Primary Sector
Agriculture
Cleanup Industry
Colleges/Universities
Computers and Electronics
Construction
Entertainment
Environmental Technology
Government
Healthcare
Hospital/Medical
Manufacturing
Petroleum Industry
Public Transit
Recycling Industry
Waste Management Industry
Agriculture
Cleanup Industry
- Bedrock Fracture Methodology (Superfund)
- Financial Breakeven Calculator (Superfund)
- Greener Cleanup Standard Tool (Superfund)
Colleges/Universities
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Reducing Production Costs and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Biodiesel
- Testing Chemical Management Services in Schools
- University Food Waste Composting
- Use of Composts to Reduce Lead and Arsenic Soil Contamination
Computers and Electronics
- Closing the E-Design – E-Scrap Loop
- Collecting and Recycling Used Computers Via the Reverse Distribution System
- Effectiveness of Cell Phone Reuse, Refurbishment, and Recycling Programs
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Project PURE: Promoting Understanding of RFID and the Environment
Construction
- Building Deconstruction and Reuse
- Creating an Integrated “Green”Parking Lot and Urban Wetlands on a Former Commercial Site
- Deconstruction and Building with Reused Materials Training
- Deconstruction for Urban Revitalization
- Design for Disassembly in the Built Environment
- Encouraging Local Green Building Construction and Operation Through Strategic Web Resources
- Entering Institutional Controls into One-Call Systems
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Innovative Use of Recycled Materials to Increase Beneficial Use of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Debris Fines
- Potential Recycling of Medium Density Fiberboard
- Tear-off Asphalt Shingles Recycling
- Tribal Green Building
- Sprout City South – A Component of the Smart City Charleston Program; An Innovative Proposal to Build Green Infrastructure and a Green Economy
- Unified Phased Site Assessments
Entertainment
Environmental Technology
- Anaerobic Degestion Facility for Urban Food Waste
- Analysis of Vapor Intrusion Data to Establish an Appropriate Perimeter Around a Groundwater Plume for a No Further Vapor Intrusion Assessment Decision
- Assessment of Gasification Technologies for Wet Wastes
- Biomass Energy Conversion Study
- Characterizing Environmental Contamination through Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging
- Designing Storm Water Management into Solar Arrays on Contaminated Land
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Groundwater Remediation Powered by Renewable Energy Sources
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell – Alternative Energy to Power Long Term Groundwater Remedy at Bayou Bonfouca Superfund Site
- Industrial Phosphate Sludge Waste as a Raw Material for Iron Phosphate Glass
- Innovative Mine Remediation in the Upper Clear Creek Watershed: Design Analysis and Construction of Chemically Enhanced Best Management Practices (BPMs)
- Innovative Use of Recycled Materials to Increase Beneficial Use of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Debris Fines
- Mallard North Landfill Innovative Energy Production, Hanover Park, IL
- Microbial Fuel Cell Technology - In Site Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Sites
- Performance and Sustainability of Mulch Biowalls for Environmental Cleanup
- Project PURE: Promoting Understanding of RFID and the Environment
- Renewable Energy Potential from Superfund Landfills
- Reusing Fly Ash to Produce a New Wastewater Treatment Chemical
Government
- Agricultural and Municipal Cooperation in Co-composting Green and Animal Wastes
- Automobiles and Product Stewardship: Issues and Opportunities for Material and Toxicity Neutral Personal Transportation
- Brockton Brightfields, Innovative Green Power Marketing
- City of McAllen “Save the Greens” Resource Recycling, Recovery, and Composting Pilot Project.
- Communicating with Color – Color Coding Data and Risk at Three Region 6 Remedial Sites
- Costilla County Biodiesel Waste-to-Energy Demonstration
- Creating a National Reuse Marketplace: A Search Engine Uniting Materials Exchanges
- Decision-Support Tool and Implementation Action Plans for Municipal Level Waste Management Practices to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
- Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, and Response in Smaller Communities
- Encouraging Local Green Building Construction and Operation Through Strategic Web Resources
- Establishing a Network of Stakeholders to Promote Innovative Green Material Recycling Concepts in EPA Region 5
- Estimating Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Waste Prevention and Recycling: What to do when it’s not covered by WARM
- Getting to Zero: A Resource Management Guide for New England Communities
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Green Remediation Tech Support at Contaminated Sites
- Innovative Multi-Media Environmental Curriculum Pilot
- Integrated Tribal Environmental Management Center
- Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Federal Electronic Equipment Management Practices
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tracking of Hazardous Materials across International Borders
- Rail-Trail Conversion Resource Guide
- Social Impact Bonds (SIBs)
- Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit for Local Governments
- Taking the NEWMOA Beneficial Use Determinations (BUDs) Database Nationwide
- Tribal Green Building
- Urban Waste to Fuel Initiative
- Unidocs Hazardous Materials Inventory
- Waste to Energy Geographic Planning Tool
- Zero Waste Tool
Healthcare
- Collaborative Partnership to Improve Environmental Performance in the Healthcare Sector
- Expanding Pharmaceutical Waste Management in Hospitals
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Improving Management of Household Prescription Medication Waste
Hospital/Medical
- Florida Green Lodging Locator andInformation Service
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Northwest Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) Recycling Pilot Program for Rural Hospitals
- Voluntary Reductions in Dental Amalgam Mercury
Manufacturing
- Assisting Small Businesses in Voluntary Pollution Prevention Efforts: Facility
- Automobiles and Product Stewardship: Issues and Opportunities for Material and Toxicity Neutral Personal Transportation
- Closing the E-Design – E-Scrap Loop
- Decontamination in the Wood Preserving Industry
- eCommerce Packaging and Shipping Design and Design Challenge Call (PDF) (1 pg, 27K, About PDF)
- Establishing a Network of Stakeholders to Promote Innovative Green Material Recycling Concepts in EPA Region 5
- Getting to Zero: A Resource Management Guide for New England Communities
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Greening Industrial Design
- National Paint Product Stewardship Dialogue
- Product Stewardship Institute - Research to Support National Dialog for Fluorescent Lighting
- Project PURE: Promoting Understanding of RFID and the Environment
- Recovered Packaging Material Database
- Sustainable Products Movement: Opportunity to Advance Materials Management Principles for Resource Conservation and GHG benefits
- Testing the Viability of Converting Wood Pallet Waste-to-Flooring
- Using Auto Shredder Residue as Cement Manufacturing Feedstock
Petroleum Industry
- Environmental Results Program for Underground Storage Tank Systems
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Green Gas Stations
- Microbial Fuel Cell Technology - In Site Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Sites
Public Transit
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Green Building Transit Leadership Project - BART District
- Sustainable Transit Leadership
Recycling Industry
- Closing the E-Design – E-Scrap Loop
- Creating a National Reuse Marketplace: A Search Engine Uniting Materials Exchanges
- Decision Analysis Tool for Managing Industrial Byproducts
- Developing a Policy to Faciliate the Use of Drum Top Crushing Devices for Fluorescent Lamps
- Establishing a Network of Stakeholders to Promote Innovative Green Material Recycling Concepts in EPA Region 5
- Financial Performance Benchmark for Recycling Businesses
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Miners Engage in Idaho Mercury Roundup
- Project PURE: Promoting Understanding of RFID and the Environment
- Recovered Packaging Material Database
- Recycle City 2.0
- Retail Buyer Training on Recycled-Content Products
- Simplified Lifecycle Analysis of Recycled Plastic in Electronics
- Sustainable Products Movement: Opportunity to Advance Materials Management Principles for Resource Conservation and GHG benefits
- Taking the NEWMOA Beneficial Use Determinations (BUDs) Database Nationwide
Waste Management Industry
- Assessment of Gasification Technologies for Wet Wastes
- Fate and Effects of Dumpsite Leachate Contamination on Alaska’s Tribal Drinking Water Sources
- Food Donation Magic
- Food Fight: Preventing Food Waste Upstream
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Microbial Fuel Cell Technology - In Site Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Sites
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tracking of Hazardous Materials across International Borders
- Renewable Energy Potential from Superfund Landfills
- Source Reduction 2.0: Integrating Capacity within WasteWise to Measure and Track Upstream Food Waste Source Reduction and Serve as a Value-Added Auditing and Tracking Tool for Our Partners
- Sprout City South – A Component of the Smart City Charleston Program; An Innovative Proposal to Build Green Infrastructure and a Green Economy
- Zero Waste Tool
If you have any questions please contact Jeff Kohn, EPA OSWER at (202) 566-1407, EPA’s Solid Waste and Emergency Response Innovations Coordinator.