EPA Waste Office Working To Leverage G7 Sustainable Materials Platform

EPA's waste chief says the agency is working with business, government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to leverage both a new EPA report on sustainable materials management (SMM) and a new platform adopted by the Group of 7 (G7) countries to take action on resource efficiency. During its June 7-8 summit, the G7 adopted a declaration that included a measure on resource efficiency, often referred to in the United States as SMM. It calls for its members -- the United States,...