Blue Angel
http://www.blauer-engel.de/englisch/navigation/body_blauer_engel.htm
German Environmental Labeling Program

CPG Guidelines
http://www.epa.gov/cpg/
US EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines

ECMA
http://www.ecma-international.org/
European standards for information technology and consumer products, TC-70 self-declaration standard

Energy Star ®
http://www.energystar.gov
National Energy Star rating system operated by the US EPA and DOE

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/epr
Background and links for product stewardship and extended product responsibility.

http://www.epa.gov/epp
The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing program

http://www.epa.gov/dfe/projects/solder/index.htm
"Solders in Electronics: A Life-Cycle Assessment" from OPPT's Design for the Environment Program

Federal Electronic Challenge
http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/
A voluntary partnership program that encourages federal facilities and agencies to purchase greener electronic products, reduce impacts of electronic products during use, and manage obsolete electronics in an environmentally safe way. ITAK article on the FEC, Sustainable Electronics Stewardship in the Federal Government.

IT-Eco Declaration
http://www.itecodeclaration.org/
Standard for electronic products developed by the Nordic information technology organizations (NITO)

LEED Green Building Rating System
http://www.usgbc.org/
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ 

Nordic Swan
http://www.svanen.nu/Eng/default.asp/
Eco-label for electronics and other products

Plug into eCycling
http://www.plugintorecycling.org/
A US government campaign working to increase the number of electronic devices collected and safely recycled in the United States

RoHS
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_037/l_03720030213en00190023.pdf
The European Directive for the Restriction on use of certain Hazardous Substances in electronic products

TCO Development
http://www.tcodevelopment.com/
Swedish labeling system for electronics (new TCO’05 Notebooks and TCO'05 Desktops labels released July 5, 2005)

WEEE
http://www.weee-forum.org/
The WEEE Forum (Waste Of Electrical and Electronic Equipment)

The Zero Waste Alliance
http://www.zerowaste.org
A nonprofit, non-advocacy organization working to help organizations follow Nature’s proven Zero Waste model to obtain cost savings, competitive advantages and reduced environmental impacts.

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Other Links

Electronics Industry

Electronic Industries Alliance
http://www.eia.org
A U.S. national trade organization.

Electronic Industries Alliance Consumer Education Initiative
http://www.eiae.org
Consumer information about recycling and reuse opportunities for used electronics.

Electronics Recycling

International Association of Electronics Recyclers
http://www.iaer.org

P.E.P. National Directory of Computer Recycling Programs
http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/Recycle/recycle_index.html
A comprehensive list of computer recycling programs around the world.

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Electronic Product Stewardship Links

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool Project - (this site)
http://www.epeat.net
An outgrowth of the WEPSI dialogue, the EPEAT project will develop an assessment tool that will advise procurement officials regarding the environmental attributes of personal computing devices.

The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies
http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/clean/

GrassRoots Recycling Network
http://www.grrn.org

National Recycling Coalition
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/programs/electronics/
Electronics recycling initiative.

National Safety Council, Environmental Health Center
http://www.nsc.org/ehc.htm
Electronics Products Recovery and Recycling (EPR2) Conference.

Northeast Recycling Council (NERC)
http://www.nerc.org/

Northwest Product Stewardship Council
http://www.govlink.org/nwpsc/
Contains "A Guide to Environmentally Preferable Computer Purchasing."

Repair, Resale and Reuse Council
http://www.crra.com/rrarc/index.html
(Technical Council of the California Resource Recovery Association)
Brings attention to the reuse and repair industries and businesses in California and the important contributions that these companies make to source reduction through refurbishing and selling goods that might otherwise be landfilled.

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
http://www.svtc.org/

Washington Department of Ecology
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/sustainability/Resources/prod_steward.htm

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General Product Stewardship and related links

Extended Producer Responsibility: A Materials Policy for the 21st Century (2000)
http://www.informinc.org/
Authors: Bette Fishbein, John Ehrenfeld & John Young; Published by INFORM.

The Green Chemistry Institute
http://www.chemistry.org/greenchemistryinstitute
Working today to prevent pollution tomorrow through chemistry research and education.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
http://www.ilsr.org/recycling/epr/epr.html

The Natural Step
http://www.naturalstep.org
A framework for sustainability.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/env/efficiency/eprworkprogr.htm
International forum of 29 developed countries that analyzes and shares information on policies in a variety of economic and social spheres. The OECD has a library of publications related to EPR including case studies on extended producer responsibility programs.

Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center
http://www.pprc.org/
Information on upcoming meetings, issues pertaining to commercial and industrial pollution and waste prevention.

Note: The links on this page are provided for information only and do not indicate an endorsement or the recommendation of any organization or approach.