Pollution prevention : fundamentals and practice /

Bishop, Paul L.

Pollution prevention : fundamentals and practice / Paul L. Bishop - Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw Hill Education, c2000 - xvii, 699 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

1. Introduction to Pollution Prevention -- 2. Properties and Fates of Environmental Contaminants -- 3. Industrial Activity and the Environment -- 4. Environmental Regulations -- 5. Improved Manufacturing Operations -- 6. Life-Cycle Assessment -- 7. Pollution Prevention Economics -- 8. Pollution Prevention Planning -- 9. Design for the Environment -- 10. Water, Energy, and Reagent Conservation -- 11. Residuals Management -- 12. Fugitive Emissions -- 13. Municipal Pollution Prevention Programs -- 14. Toward a Sustainable Society -- App. A. The Elements -- App. B. Properties of Selected Compounds -- App. C. Hazardous Waste Lists -- App. D. Toxic Release Inventory Chemicals and Chemical Categories.

This work introduces principles of environmentally conscious products, processes and manufacturing systems. It teaches the impact of waste from manufacturing and post-use product disposal, environmental cycles of materials and principles of environmental economics.

71160582


FACTORY AND TRADE WASTE -- MANAGEMENT

TD 897 .B57 2000