U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA): Waste Management - Waste Prevention and Recycling

$140K USD

Funder	Environmental Protection Agency
Recipient Organization	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Contributions to special funds for Technical Co-operation Activities Only)
Country	World
Start Date	Oct 08, 2008
End Date	Oct 10, 2011
Duration	1,097 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`252228-87`

Grant Description

To assess OECD member country progress in sustainable materials management (SMM) and develop four pilot projects to explore how the OECD may promote the use of SMM concepts and practices in the private sector and across member countries.

This effort will identify areas for further work in promoting waste reduction, use of waste as potential resources, and increased recycling and recovery of materials for the purpose of resource conservation and the reduction of virgin material extraction.

In addition, this funding will support necessary revisions to the OECD agreement on transboundary movements of waste and its accompanying guidance manual.