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Action Strategies
One of the Sector Strategies Program’s primary goals is to significantly improve environmental protection and energy efficiency in the major manufacturing and business sectors. To achieve this goal, the program develops action strategies that reduce major barriers to progress and generate the most effective drivers of performance improvement.
Cross-sector and Multi-sector Strategies
- National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program
The Mercury Switch Recovery Program is the result of Sector Strategies’ two-year partnership with other EPA programs, environmental organizations, the Environmental Council of the States, and several industry trade associations. Two trade associations participating in the Sector Strategies Program—the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Manufacturers Associations—are among the participating entities.
Sector-specific Strategies
- Metal Casting: Beneficial Reuse of Foundry Sand
A current barrier to foundry environmental performance is the lack of foundry sand for reuse. Sector Strategies is working with the Resource Conservation Challenge, the American Foundry Society (AFS), and Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today (FIRST) to increase reuse of foundry sand.