Pollution Prevention - The Waste Management Approach to the 21st Century

Applying pollution prevention strategies - the most viable environmental management option of the future - offers a cost-effective means of minimizing waste. Pollution Prevention: The Waste Management Approach to the 21st Century provides the background needed to understand not only pollution prevention but also waste control. Thorough, clear, and concise, it explains the fundamentals of pollution prevention and their applications to real-world problems. It explores pollution prevention through energy conservation, health and safety management, and accident prevention. The authors include illustrative examples and case studies that demonstrate the solutions offered.

Sommario

Process and Plant Fundamentals. Introduction
Definitions. Conservation Laws and Basic Principles. Unit Operations. Plant Equipment. Ancillary Equipment. Process Diagrams. Pollution Prevention Principles. From Pollution Control to Pollution Prevention. Other Pollution Prevention Components. Pollution Prevention Assessment. Source Reduction. Recycling. Incineration. Other Treatment Methods. Ultimate Disposal. Pollution Prevention Applications. Drug Manufacturing and Processing Industry. Paper and Pulp Industry. Other Industries - General Medical/Surgical. Hospitals, and Research/Educational Institutions. Case Studies. Case Study A: A Commercial Printing Plant. Case Study B: A Paint Manufacturing Plant. Other Case Studies.

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Info autore

Louis Theodore, R. Ryan Dupont, Kumar Ganesan

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Louis (Manhattan College Theodore, Louis Dupont Theodore
• Con la collaborazione di: R Ryan Dupont (Editore), R. Ryan Dupont (Editore), Dupont R. Ryan (Editore), Kumar Ganesan (Editore), Ganesan Kumar (Editore), Louis Theodore (Editore), Theodore Louis (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367399115
• ISBN: 978-0-367-39911-5
• Pagine: 528
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Scienze naturali; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Science / Environmental Science, Waste treatment & disposal, Pollution control, Waste treatment and disposal