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E3 Success Story - Continuing Success in San Antonio, Tx

E3 Texas, launched in San Antonio in 2009 continued to expand with 23 facilities participating statewide in 2011.

E3 Success Story -Reducing Rework With the Lean and Green Advantage: Metal Finishing Technologies, Inc

Green Suppliers Network representatives Judy Wlodarczyk and Bill Caplan, of CONNSTEP, Inc., trained the MFT review team, and together they completed current and future state value stream maps for the zinc plating line.

E3 Success Story - Making an Investment in the Company: C.U.E.

C.U.E. in Mount Hope, West Virginia, makes molded and cast parts.An array of opportunities were found by WVMEP to implement lean production principles in areas such as mistake proofing, kanban systems, rapid exchange of dies, 5S, and value stream mapping.

E3 Sample Media Release about Supplier Efforts

Template for a media release to let suppliers and the public know they are embarking on a green endeavor.

E3 Fact Sheet How to Recognize Your Green Suppliers

Fact sheet to help manufacturers provide recognition for their green suppliers.

E3 Success Story - Advancing Performance in Sustainability and Workforce Development

E3: North Carolina advances performance in sustainability and workforce development strategies for the state's manufacturers. The initiative helps communities and manufacturers address energy and sustainability challenges by leveraging expertise.

E3 Success Story - Seeing E3's Benefits: Metso Power

Metso Power in Fairmont, WV, under a grant, conducted an E3 assessment and identified potential cost savings and efficiency improvements.

E3 Success Story - Working Together: E3 Ohio and the Ohio By-Product Synergy Network

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) received funding to support the integration of the national E3 sustainability initiative with the Ohio By-Product Synergy (BPS) Network to create an efficient and replicable model for reducing GHGs.

E3 Success Story - Southern Folger Unlocks the Tools to Energy Management

Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center led a team of Southern Folger employees to identify potential sustainability opportunities.

Accomplishments Report for the National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship

This page holds the NSES report, which charts the progress and accomplishments of the NSES in addressing sustainable management of electronics and highlights the benefits of continued leadership from the federal government.

A Guide to Conducting Student Food Waste Audits: A Resource for Schools

This guide is intended to help educate students about the amount of food they waste in their school cafeterias and to encourage them to reduce waste and eat more of the nutritious foods provided through USDA's school meals programs or brought from home.

Food Stewardship Resources for Faith Facilities, Congregations, Communities and Individuals

This page contains a document that lists resources for reducing wasted food aimed at faith organizations.

Fact Sheets on Designing for the Disassembly and Deconstruction of Buildings

Learn how to divert from disposing C&D materials through recycling and reusing whenever possible.

Resources for Participating in the U.S. State Data Measurement Sharing Program

These documents provide a comprehensive introduction to State Date Measurement Program (SMP).

Western Region: Maps

Map of the Western Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) Region, more than 100 abandoned uranium mine claims generally located along the Little Colorado River and Highway 89 in the Cameron, Coalmine Canyon, Bodaway/Gap, and Leupp Chapters in Northern Arizona.

EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

EPA to Hold Open House August 20 in Lake Linden

EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Release Date: August 14, 2024