Source Reduction - Source Reduction in The United States

Source Reduction in The United States

In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission offers guidance for labelling claims: "Source reduction" refers to reducing or lowering the weight, volume or toxicity of a product or package. To avoid being misleading, source reduction claims must qualify the amount of the source reduction and give the basis for any comparison that is made. These principles apply regardless of whether a term like "source reduced" is used.

The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Program (TURA) offers 6 strategies to achieve source reduction:

  1. Toxic chemical substitution
  2. Production process modification
  3. Finished product reformulation
  4. Production modernization
  5. Improvements in operations and maintenance
  6. In-process recycling of production material

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