The EPA is an active partner in a number of international pollution prevention programs. Actions range from participation in conferences and meetings to the development of agreements and negotiations promoting community right-to-know objectives, the manufacture, use, management and disposal of heavy metals and other chemicals, and chemical testing. The EPA also participates in the development of international voluntary environmental management standards created by the International Organization for Standardization.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• OPPT International Activities
  Activities include promoting community right-to-know objectives, the manufacture, use, and disposal of heavy metals and other chemicals, and chemical testing
• Pollution Prevention (P2): Voluntary Standards Network
  This page provides information about the Voluntary Standards Network.
• Guide to International Environmental Web Sites
  Provides links to international environmental web sites.

Border Issues
Great Lakes, Transboundary Pollution, US-Canada Border, US-Mexico Border

Chemicals Management
Export, Green Chemistry, Import, Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRS), Screening

Country & Regional Programs
Canada, Caribbean, Central Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Western Europe

Environmental Policy
Children's Health, Marine Pollution, Trade

Global Climate Change
Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Sink, Forestry, Greenhouse Gas, Land Use, Methane, Technology Cooperation

Import/Export
Pesticides, Waste

International Visitors

Partners/Networks
International Joint Commission (IJC), NAFTA Technical Working Group on Pesticides, OECD Pesticide Working Group

Pollution Prevention
Binational Toxics Strategy

Radiation

Stratospheric Ozone

Technical Assistance
Environmental Technology Verification, Site Remediation Technologies, Training

Treaties and Agreements
Basel Convention, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, La Paz Agreement, London Convention, Marpol Agreement, Montreal Protocol, North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), US-Japan Agreement on Cooperation in Environmental Protection, US-Taiwan Bilateral Agreement In the Field of Environmental Protection, US-Thailand Agreement in the Area of Environmental Protection

Voluntary Standards
ISO 14000

Waste

Water
Marine Pollution, Transboundary