Tools for International Users
EPA provides technical assistance to its partner countries and to multilateral organizations through training courses, technology transfer, sharing of environmental data and information, and environmental education initiatives.
Categories on this page:
- Environmental Governance
- International Import and Export
- Air Quality
- Toxics and Waste
- Reducing Mercury Pollution
- Environmental Finance
- Water
- Marine Litter
- Smart Growth
Environmental Governance
- Public Participation Guide: Tools for effective public participation
- Environmental Impact Assessment Technical Review Guidelines (on mining, tourism, and energy - available in English and Spanish)
- Model Law and Guidance for Regulating Lead Paint (from UN Environment)
- Additional information about EPA leadership in the Lead Paint Alliance
- Additional resources from UN Environment:
- International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
International Import and Export
- EPA Requirements for Importers and Exporters
- The Border Center
- Import and Export of Pesticides
- Information about Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Wastes
Air Quality
- Introduction to Managing Air Quality (for International Audiences)
- Air Quality Action Planning: Template and Video Training Modules (for International Audiences)
- Megacities Partnership: Free air quality management resources for air organizations and policymakers around the world to use to reach their air quality goals. Currently available in English, Spanish and Russian.
- Transboundary Air Pollution
- International Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
- Air Now
- Air Sensor Toolbox, offering the latest science on the performance, operation and use of air sensor monitoring systems
- Videos on Air Sensor Measurements, Data Quality, and Interpretation (available in English and Spanish)
- Video: International Environmental Conversation webinar featuring EPA Region 6 Acting Regional Quality Assurance Manager Dr. Sala Nanyanzi Senkayi, presenting on PM 2.5 apps developed for Kampala, Uganda through her participation in the 2018 U.S. Department of State Embassy Science Fellow Program (ESF). (Webinar hosted by the Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology [FCET] at the University Malaysia Pahang [UMP] on May 27, 2021.)
Toxics and Waste
Reducing Mercury Pollution
- Reducing Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining
- Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Without Mercury
Environmental Finance
Water
- Online Introduction to the Clean Water Act, translated into Spanish (PDF)
- EPA Programs
- Interactive games (for children)
- International Programs
- Water Safety Portal (from the World Health Organization and International Water Association)
- International Wetland Restoration Links
- World Water Monitoring Day
- International Coral Reef Initiative
- World Health Organization Efforts on Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Marine Litter
- Trash Free Waters International Implementation Guide provides guidance on how to involve your stakeholders and prioritize low-cost projects to address marine litter.
- The Solid Waste Management Guide for Developing Countries walks users through best practices for local decision makers in developing countries on improving solid waste management. New! Online interactive learning modules on how to use the guide.
- EPA Trash Free Waters webinar series
- Marine Debris Campus Toolkit - United States EPA (English)
- Turning the Tide on Trash: A Learning Guide on Marine Debris (English, from NOAA)
- NOAA posters and fact sheets on marine debris (English)
- UNEP Sustainable Events Guide: Give Your Large Event a Small Footprint (English)
- Creating a Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Program for Festivals (English, from Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership) (10 pp, 1.25 M, About PDF)
- How to Organize an Event Cleaning Rivers, Ponds and Beaches (Spanish, from Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership) (6 pp, 501 K, About PDF)
Smart Growth
- About Smart Growth
- Examples of Smart Growth Communities and Projects
- Smart Growth Tools
- Smart Growth Publications
- Spanish Publications:
- Así es el Desarrollo Inteligente
- Cómo Alcanzar el Desarrollo Inteligente:
- 100 Políticas Para Su Implementación
- 100 Polticas Adicionales Para Su Implementacin