Waste management education research consortium (WERC)

The Secretary is authorized to establish a partnership of Department of Energy laboratories, academic institutions, and private sector industries to conduct environmentally-related education programs, including programs involving environmentally conscious manufacturing and waste management activities that have undergraduate and graduate educational training as a component. (Source: (Pub. L. 103–382, title V, § 517, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4044.))