President Bush Supports Remanufacturing

President Bush statement, “Last year at Evian we agreed to support the development of cleaner, sustainable and more efficient technologies. We reaffirm our conviction that cooperative scientific research on transformation technologies offers potential to improve public health by cutting pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emission to address the challenge of global climate change.

As we continue to implement the G8 Action Plan on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development adopted at Evian, we commit to launching the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle ("3R") Initiative to encourage more efficient use of resources and materials. The initiative will be formally launched in the coming year at a ministerial meeting in Japan.

….Reduce barriers to the international flow of goods and materials for recycling and remanufacturing, recycled and remanufactured products, and cleaner, more efficient technologies, consistent with existing environmental and trade obligations and frameworks….”

For complete press release, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040610-53.html