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Contents

Summary (PDF)

All Prefatory Materials (PDF)

Preface

Contents

Tables

Summary

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

Introduction (PDF)

What Are Next Generation Environmental Technologies? (PDF)

Assessing the Promise of NGETs

Mechanisms for Gaining the Benefits from NGETs (PDF)

Mechanisms

Lessons from Case Studies (PDF)

Overview of Cases

Near-Term Benefits of NGETs and Barriers to Their Adoption

I. NGETs Can Provide Benefits in All the Important Areas Identified in Our Study

II. NGETs Can Eliminate the Use and Generation of Hazardous Substances at Little or No

Additional Cost

III. NGETs Are Adopted for a Wide Variety of Reasons

IV. Barriers Are Significant

Longer-Term Opportunities for NGETs (PDF)

Responding to Societal Demand Through New Processes and New Chemicals

Opening New Green Pathways—Addressing Uncertain Problems with NGETs

Conclusions and Observations (PDF)

NGETs Can Provide Benefits in All Areas Studied

NGETs Can Address Uncertainties

Firms Adopt NGETs for a Number of Different Reasons

Policymakers Face a Number of Challenges

Appendix A: Descriptions of the 25 Case Studies (PDF)

Appendix B: Government Policies and Increased Adoption of NGETs (PDF)

Appendix C: Opportunities for Further Study: Additional Cases from the First International

Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry, Tokyo, March 2003 (PDF)