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US-AEP and
CERF Assess Opportunities in Four Industrial Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 1, 1997--The United States-Asia
Environmental Partnership (US-AEP) and the Civil Engineering Research
Foundation (CERF) have prepared sector-specific reports on the use of clean
technologies in four major U.S. industries: food processing, metal
fabricating, pulp and paper, and textiles. The reports identify clean
technologies and practices used in U.S. industry that can be transferred to
the Asian marketplace.
The reports include a description of the environmental issues concerning
each industry, the clean technologies and processes currently in use in the
U.S., a brief history of key U.S. organizations in each industry, and a
discussion of upcoming trends in the U.S. in clean technology, research,
development, and commercialization. Julie Haines, Managing Director of CTEM,
will lead US-AEP's mission to India's Council on Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) in early September to deliver the reports. Additional copies
will be distributed to representatives of other Asian nations that are part
of the US-AEP effort.
This work marks CERF's second contribution to the Clean Technology and
Environmental Management (CTEM) program of US-AEP. In January 1997, CERF
prepared a highly recognized and comprehensive report on the pulp and paper
industry for US-AEP. The study made use of in-depth literature reviews,
professional surveys, and an analysis of the Asian market potential of
various clean technologies in use in the United States. US-AEP is currently
using this earlier report to evaluate and develop new strategies for clean
technology implementation in Asian countries where the pulp and paper
industry is expected to grow significantly.
Designed and led by the United States Agency for International
Development, US-AEP facilitates long-term partnerships between governments,
industry, and non-governmental organizations in Asia and the United States
to help create incentives, build private and public capabilities, and
transfer technology that will improve Asian environmental conditions in the
urban and industrial sectors.
For more information on US-AEP's four industry studies, please contact
Sandra Williams in Washington (202)
835-0333 or Conchita Silva in the
Philippines (63-2) 816-6576.
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