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OSWER Innovation Projects
Link for web page that will let you see pilot projects by region
"The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation"
- President Barack Obama
State of the Union address, 2011
"In America, innovation doesn’t just change our lives. It is how we make our living"
- President Barack Obama
State of the Union address, 2011

EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) promotes innovations to encourage the development of creative solutions to environmental problems. In this Web area, you will find information about grants and projects promoted by this office and examples of some of the successful results from the efforts.

To learn more about what innovations projects are and the process used to select them, please use this guide titled What are Innovative Projects? (PDF) (1 pg, 30K, About PDF)

Relevant Highlights
first page of the Deconstruction Success Story pdf document

OSWER Innovations Success Story: Deconstruction (PDF)
(4 pp, 780K, About PDF)
"The Problem with Debris"

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