AbstractEPA's 33/50 Program calls for voluntary industry reductions of toxic wastes, aimed at achieving an overall national reduction of 33 percent by 1991 and 50 percent by 1995. The seventeen high‐priority toxic chemicals included in the program accounted for 1.4 billion pounds of releases and transfers in 1988; a 50‐percent reduction would eliminate 700 million pounds by 1995. As of June 1991, 236 companies have committed to an average reduction commitment of more than 200 million pounds. Thousands more companies are being invited to particip
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