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Tools and Methods for Pollution Prevention

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Subhas K. Sikdar

    1. National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinatti, USA

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  2. Urmila Diwekar

    1. Department of Engineering and Public Policy and the Environmental Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 (ASEN2, volume 62)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Tools for Pollution Prevention

    • Subhas K. Sikdar, Jiøí DrahoÅ¡, Enrico Drioli
    Pages 1-4

  3. Environmental Issues in Developed and Developing Countries: A View from the Chemical Community in the Czech Republic

    • J. Horak
    Pages 5-17

  4. Promoting Cleaner Production as a Tool for Improvement of Industrial Production Efficiency and Environmental Protection

    • R. Oblina
    Pages 19-37

  5. Pollution Prevention: An Opportunity for the Romanian Iron and Steel Industry

    • Viorel Harceag, Greta Winckelbauer, Mariana Hri
    Pages 39-49

  6. Industry Approaches to Life Cycle Assessment

    • G. U. Scholl
    Pages 51-67

  7. The Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Process Selection, Design and Operation

    • Roland Clift, Adisa Azapagic
    Pages 69-84

  8. LCA: Comparison Between Recycle and Reuse of Glass Beer Bottles

    • Teresa M. Mata, Carlos A. V. Costa
    Pages 85-96

  9. Simplified LCA to Identify Ecosystem Based Detergent-Policies for the Danube Basin Countries

    • I. Ijjas
    Pages 97-117

  10. Life Cycle Assessment in Pollution Prevention

    • Henrik Wenzel
    Pages 119-129

  11. Environmental Impact in a Life-Cycle Framework: Practical Approaches for Decision Making

    • J. A. Todd
    Pages 131-140

  12. The Eco-Indicator 98 Explained

    • M. J. Goedkoop
    Pages 141-155

  13. The Role of Mass Balance Modelling in Impact Assessment and Pollution Prevention

    • Don Mackay, Rajesh Seth
    Pages 157-179

  14. Environmental Impact Assessment: An Overview of Method Types and Key Factors

    • Peter M. Harper
    Pages 181-187

  15. Process and Equipment Design for Utility-Based Pollution Prevention

    • Petr Stehlík
    Pages 189-203

  16. Synthesis of Batch Processes with Integrated Solvent Recovery

    • Paul Barton, Berit Ahmad, W. Cheong, John Tolsma
    Pages 205-231

  17. Sustainable Pollution Prevention Through Mass Integration

    • Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi
    Pages 233-275

  18. Process Design for Environment Problems

    • Urmila M. Diwekar
    Pages 277-297

  19. Computer Aided Product Design and Pollution Prevention Through Substitution

    • Rafiqul Gani, Peter M. Harper
    Pages 299-315

  20. Designining Environmentally Benign Solvent Substitutes

    • Heriberto Cabezas, Renhong Zhao, Jane C. Bare, Subba R. Nishtala
    Pages 317-331
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Difficult ethical and political issues confront the application of scientific and technological solutions for preventing pollution from occurring. Often the questions embodying proposed solutions to known problems are ambiguous; and no singular solution can exist for all locations. Yet the common organizing principle for all solutions to environmental problems must be scientific, because only sound science can provide a rational understanding that decision-makers can use universally. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Tools and Methods for Pollution Prevention (October 12-14, 1998, Prague, Czech Republic) was designed to assemble experts from NATO and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe to discuss science-based tools and methods, either available or in development, that can be used to analyze environmental impacts of manufacturing processes and manufactured products. The presentations at the workshop were written up specifically for the purpose of this book, albeit after peer reviews and thorough revisions. Most of the chapters focus on specific method development for designing environmentally benign processes or products. Several chapters take a broader view and focus on such designs from an implementation perspective, and dwell on ethical conflicts, resistance to change because of inertia or inadequate infrastructure, and on the lack of resources. We placed these chapters at the beginning of the book. The volume starts with the overview by Sikdar et aI. , who describe the scope and difficulties of pollution prevention in the manufacturing sectors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinatti, USA

    Subhas K. Sikdar

  • Department of Engineering and Public Policy and the Environmental Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Urmila Diwekar

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