Handbook of Pollution Prevention Practices

by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff

Overview

This text provides approaches and methodologies for implementing pollution prevention (P2) and waste minimization programmes to reduce manufacturing operational costs significantly. It focuses on reducing manufacturing and environmental compliance costs by instituting feedstock substitution, improved operational schemes, recycling and by-product recovery, waste minimization, and energy efficiency policies, and offers project cost accounting tools that assist in evaluating money-saving P2 options.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824705428
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/09/2001
Series:	Environmental Science & Pollution , #24
Pages:	452
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff

Table of Contents

Principles of pollution prevention and waste minimization; managing hazardous chemicals; economics of pollution prevention; the pollution prevention audit; pollution prevention practices in the CPI; pollution prevention practices in the petroleum refining industry; pollution prevention practices in the metallurgical industries; miscellaneous industry practices and case studies; epilogue.

Editorial Reviews

...covers the most important topics of pollution prevention procedures....excellent....readers find this volume useful.

Akademiai Kiado

This reference source of ideas and approaches to pollution prevention provides industry-specific suggestions, tables and matrixes, step-wise procedures for determining the economic viability of pollution prevention projects, and plans for implementing in-plant assessments that can identify cost savings as well as pollution reduction measures. Coverage includes management of hazardous chemicals, the economics of prevention, the pollution prevention audit, and practices in the chemical process, petroleum refining, and metallurgical industries. Many industry examples and case studies are based on the author's first-hand experiences. Cheremisinoff is principal of a firm specializing in environmental management consulting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

". . .covers the most important topics of pollution prevention procedures. . .. . . .excellent. . .. . . .readers find this volume useful."
---AkadEmiai Kiadó

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