EPA Wastes 140 Tons of Printed Government Publications

WASHINGTON, DC—A U.S. agency charged with monitoring protection of the environment has revealed that it has a thing or two to learn about inventory management…and waste.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tossed out more than 140 tons of printed materials that had been kept at a federal storage facility, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, which was learned after internal investigators began asking why millions of agency publications were sitting around, unused.