CPA launches environmental certification program. (Trends & News).The Composite Panel Assn. has introduced its Environmentally Preferable Product Certification Program. EPP (1) (Enhanced Parallel Port) See IEEE 1284. (2) (Ethernet Packet Processor) A chip from Kalpana, Inc., Santa Clara, CA that doubles speed of Ethernet transmission to 20Mbits/sec. In 1994, Kalpana was acquired by Cisco. Certification is based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and guidelines for environmentally preferable purchasing. The EPP program will certify panels that contain 100% recycled or recovered fiber and meet ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. emission requirements. "Composite panels are the first sector of the North American wood products industry to proactively develop an industry-wide EPP specification based on the principles of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing program," said CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. chairman Wade Mosby. "These principles encourage the purchase of environmentally sensitive products." Seven particleboard and MDF (1) (Main Distribution Frame) A wiring rack that connects outside lines with internal lines. It is used to connect public or private lines coming into the building to internal networks. mills have achieved E PP certification: Flakeboard in St. Stephen, NB; West Fraser Mills in Whitecourt, AB; Newpro in Smithers Smithers is a surname, and may refer to: People People with the surname Smithers
The CPA worked closely with The Home Depot to develop the EPP. "The Home Depot asked the CPA to create a new method of manufacturing engineered wood products that reduces the amount of virgin timber cut and the level of chemical emissions," said Ron Jarvis, Home Depot merchandising vice president. "CPA has developed a consensus-based EPP certification program that is credible and cost-effective," said Elliott Savage, president of industrial products for Georgia-Pacific. "I expect retailers, manufacturers of finished products as well as architects and designers to embrace EPP as a logical step for what is already a recycled-based industry." For more information about the program, visit the CPA's Web site at www.pbrndf.com. |
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