Pollution prevention : fundamentals and practice / Paul L. Bishop

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw Hill Education, c2000Description: xvii, 699 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 71160582
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TD 897 .B57 2000
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation Environmental and Sanitary Engineering GC TD 897 .B57 2000 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000016760

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.

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