Cleaner Production: A Guide to Sources of Information Ark Untted Nations Envinonment Programme Industry and Environment Cleaner Production Programme UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT 3943. QUAI ANDRE-C1TROEN 73739 PARiS CEDEX 15- FRANCE ThL:(33)0i 44371450 FAX: (33i 01 443714 74 E-MAIL: uncpi.urkep.fr hUp-/Aww..irieic.or5/hornc.litrnl 11 Copyright 1998 UNEP Cleaner Production: A Guide to Sources All rights reserved.No part of this publication of Information may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or The Editorial Board for this booklet was transmitted in any form or by any means: Ms.JacquelineAloisi de Larderel,Direcror, Industry electronic, electrostadc, magnetic tape, and Environment, United Nations Environment mechanical, ph otoco py i ng, recording or otherwise. Programme (UNEPIIE), Jonathan Hobbs, Cleaner without permission in writing from the copyright Production Coordinator, UNEP/IE, Garrette Clark, holders. 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UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION ISBN 92-801-1696-4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............... ........................................ ........ 2 CLEANER PRODUCTION CENTRES AND ACTIVITIES .............................3 AFRICA.............................. .......................................... 4 NORTH AMERICA ..............................................................4 SOUTH AMERICA ..............................................................6 ASIA... ............ ... ............................................... .......... 7 WESTERN ASIA .. .................... ......... ............... ................. I I EUROPE....... ................................... ... .................... .... II PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM UNEP ........................................20 OtherJournals and Newsletters .............................................21 ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SOURCE& DATABASES AND WWW SITES ........ ..23 International Organizations ....................... ........................... 23 National Efforts .......... .................................................. 24 Industry Initiatives .......................................................... 26 Software.................. ......................................... ....... 26 Additional information about UNEP in general .................................26 AUDIOVISUALS ...............................................................27 TRAINING COURSES AND INSTITUTES.........................................30 TRAINING SUPPORT MATERIALS ...............................................32 INFORMATION ...............................................................34 1 iNTRODUCTION Obtaining information on cleaner production can be a challenging task of sifting through the seemingly endless amount of resources that are constantly changing. Not only is new information being made available every day, but the terminology used to describe cleaner production and preventive environmental activitie5 is evolving.Terms such as pollution prevention, waste minimization, green productivity, source reduction, eco- effi c i e n cy and clean technologies are also used to refer to the Cleaner Production concept. Hence, searching available information can be a lengthy process. This is why, as part of its Cleaner Production Programme, UNEP IE has decided to publish this booklet, which presents a number of infoa-mation sources that can be of assistance in obtaining further information about cleaner production. • Cleaner production centres and activities. These activities are going on worldwide and can offer users experience and expertise in the practical implementation of cleaner production. Activities usually include training and technical assistance, demonstration projects, sectoral approaches, outreach and awareness raising efforts and policy studies. Therefore they can be a resource of materials and methodologies that can be adapted to other situations. • Publications. Documents highlighting experience and technical insights are available from many sources. This section provides an annotated listing of cleaner production documents available from LINEP lE as well as regular periodicals from other cleaner production activities. • Databases. With the emergence of more widespread use of computer technologies and the Internet, databases and WW'VV sites of cleaner production information are flourishing. This section provides an annotated listing of available resources. • AudioVi5uats. Critical to training and awareness raising, videos can be key elements to cleaner production activities. This section provides an annotated listing of many of the available videos which range from general awareness raising to technically specific topics. • Training Courses1 lnsritutes.andTraining Support Materials. These sections provide a brief listing of the cleaner production courses and available training curricula that exist worldwide. This is by no means an exhaustive listing as this dynamic topic generates new information every day. It is meant to give those interested in cleaner production a basic foundation as to the types of information available. We nevertheless hope that this document will help governments, officials and industry managers to find contacts and information sources useful for their everyday work. We welcome all comments to help us improve further editions of this booklet. Please contact us with any suggestions. NOTE: All telephone numbers in this booklet are shown in the internationally agreed format. The plus sign indicates the code for international dialing from the country you are in;these codes are generally different for each country. The nextgroup of figures is the unique code for the country into which you are dialing. If you are telephoning from the same country the international code is not required butyou may need a national code, often a zero. CLEANER PRODUCTION CENTRES AND ACTIViTIES Centres I. to establish sustainable pollution prevention programs in Cleaner Production Centres have been established in developing countries; various countries independently or with outside assistance. to transfer urban and industrial pollution prevention In general, they are set up to develop national or regional expertise and information; and capacity to implement cleaner production and are open to to support efforts to improve environmental quality. the public. All of these centres list information collection Since its inception in 1993, the EP3 programme has and dissemination as one of their main activities to promote established centres in eight countries: Bolivia Egypt, cleaner production. Below are brief descriptions of some of Ecuador, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua and the international efforts underway followed by a listing of Paraguay. Information clearinghouses have been (or will be) cleaner production centres themselves, divided by region. set up to disseminate pollution prevention related information. These national clearinghouses are supported UNIDO-UNEP Notional Cleaner Production Centres by the EP3 headquarters clearinghouse, which responds to (NCPCs) have been established in ten countries since 1994, information requests from industrial facilities and and ultimately there will be up to twenty over a five-year governments in EP3 countries and from USAID missions period. The ten centres are located in: Brazil, China, the throughout the world. The organizational contact follows: Czech Republic, Hungary. India, Mexico, the Slovak Republic, USAID EP3 Headquarters Clearinghouse Tanzania, Tunisia. and Zimbabwe. The centres promote RCG/Hagler Bailey, Inc. cleaner production at the national level through: 1530 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 900 ( I ) conducting in-plant demo n stratio n s and various training Arlington. VA 22209-2409. USA. programmes for governments and industry to show cleaner tet:+I 7033514004 production at work; (2) analyzing policy initiatives in the fax:+l 703351 6166 country and making recommendations to improve the policy email: [email protected] framework for cleaner production; and (3) acting as a focal point of cleaner production through information World Environment Center's Waste Minimization collection/analysisi dissemination activities. Centres are Program, funded by the United States Agency for managed by professionals from the country, and hosted in an International Development (USAID), has introduced the existing industry or environmental institution. Interested concepts of waste minimization through a series of individuals and organizations are encouraged to contact demonstration projects in ten countries of Central and the centres to obtain information. The organizational Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakstan, contacts follow: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Uzbekistan. UN1DO Industrial Sectors and Environment Division