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American National Standards Institute Introduces Standards Developers to Environmentally Preferable Purchasing ANSI in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has developed a presentation to introduce all ANSI-Accredited Standards Developers to the topic of Environmental Preferable Purchasing (EPP). EPP is a federal-wide program that encourages and assists executive agencies in the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and services. These are "products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose." The 38-slide presentation (also containing speaker notes) provides information on how voluntary consensus standards can incorporate EPP provisions to protect the environment, and reflect life-cycle concerns. Topics covered in the presentation include:
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