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Environmental Programs and Activities


USDA is committed to using its strength as a large Federal consumer to promote waste prevention; increase the recovery and recycling of materials; and, in a cost-effective manner, to give preference to purchasing environmentally-sound and energy-efficient products and services, and products made from recycled materials.

USDA's Environmental Executive is Anne F. Thomson Reed, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration. For more information on this program, please contact Sharon Holcombe on (202) 720-3820.


USDA Hazardous Waste Management Checklist

USDA Pollution Prevention Strategy Under Executive Order 12856

USDA Environmental Pollution Control Coordinator List

Pollution Prevention in USDA - 1995 Annual Report


Additional environmental activities and their points of contacts are identified below:

Energy conservation and alternative fuels
Denise Patterson
(202) 720-3141
E-Mail: denise.patterson@usda.gov

Pollution prevention and hazardous waste
Blake Velde
(202) 205-0906
E-Mail: blake.velde@usda.gov


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