Governmental initiatives

In recent years, energy reduction has begun in earnest, due to governmental initiatives such as the energy label for new appliances as well as by informing and educating customers. 

There is a strong need to train of new professionals in commercial or governmental initiatives, and teach them mastery the scientific background of biological decontamination and specific features of in-field applications. As the most relevant pollution problems are localised in the less developed countries, training per se may not suffice. 

Figure 1.14 Roadmap of governmental initiatives and regulations and industry programs and initiatives. Source European Federation of Chemical Industry - Cefic-web site www.cefic.org.

These governmental initiatives give the hope that green chemistry education (GCE), now driven mainly by the efforts of small groups of individuals as well as several universities and organizations in Russia, will become one of the main components of education in Russia. 

All these investments amounting to hundreds of millions of marks, resulted from purely private initiative, free from governmental planning, and in continuation of Farben s old established policy to put into practice the newest achievements in science and technique in all fields of its activities. 

Association (ABMA), recommendations for boiler-water limits, 23 221t American Chemical Society Committee on Nomenclature and Notation, 17 385 American Chemistry Council (ACC) 14 204 codes of management practices, 21 580 Process Safety Code, 21 831 Responsible Care initiatives, 25 337 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH),... 

Cleanup operations required by a governmental body involving hazardous substances conducted at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, state priority site lists, sites recommended by the EPA, NPL, and initial investigations of government-identified sites that are conducted before the presence or absence of a hazardous substance has been ascertained. 

These specialists are an important technical resource for governmental institutions with a mission in environmental protection, and can serve as a training resource postgraduates and post-docs who are willing to improve their professional knowledge with practical experience and education. Commercial companies and enterprises already acting or willing to move into this sector can benefit from the initiative as well. 

Governmental R D efforts and long-term commitments are complemented by three major international co-operation initiatives. 

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