Does providing technical assistance for toxics use reduction really work? A program evaluation utilizing toxics use reduction act data to measure pollution prevention performance

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1494-1506

  Reibstein, Rick ^a,b  

^a MA Office of Technical Assistance   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental performance measurement; Onsite assistance; Pollution prevention; Program effectiveness; Technical assistance; Toxics use reduction

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS AMPLIFIERS; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INDUSTRY; MULTITASKING; POLLUTION; REDUCTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTIONS; CHEMICAL USE; ELSEVIER (CO); INDEPENDENT RESEARCH; POLLUTION PREVENTION (PP); PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCTION INDEX (PI); PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; TOXIC CHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

EID: 45449109060     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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