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| Latex Paint Pilot with the General Services Administration InitiatedJoint Study of EPP Initiated With The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)**Latex Paint Pilot with the General Services Administration Initiated**
The General Services Administration (GSA) and EPA teamed up to identify the environmental attributes for latex wall paints that Federal consumers can use to make environmentally preferable purchasing decisions.  The Economics, Exposure, and Technology Division (EETD) of EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention responsible for the cleaning products pilot project is leading this pilo, as well.**Joint Study of EPP Initiated With The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)**
In cooperation with EPAs EPP Program, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECDs) Pollution Prevention and Control Group initiated a study to examine innovative environmental purchasing programs in a number of OECD member countries, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States.  The primary goal of this project was to identify key issues that cut across national boundaries, such as how environmental purchasing initiatives might affect trade.
OECD collected information from the countries through a survey, developed through the project steering committee, and in small national meetings.  In late July 1996, the EPP Program sponsored a series of small group meetings with key stakeholders�industry, Federal agencies, and environmental organizations to assist OECD in collecting information about environmental purchasing efforts in the United States.  Summaries of these meetings are now available.footer>**Contacting EPP | EPP HomeOPPT Home | EPA Home | Search | Comments
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