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

by Theodore; Louis

• ISBN13: 9781566704953
• ISBN10: 1566704952
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-20
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

As the field of environmental management moves into the future, its focus will be on reducing or eliminating waste pollution streams. Engineers, technicians, and maintenance personnel must develop proficiency and improved understanding of pollution prevention and waste control to cope with the challenges of this important area. Pollution Prevention: The Waste Management Approach to the 21st Century covers - in a thorough and clear style - the fundamentals of pollution prevention and their application to real-world problems. The book is divided into three parts: Process and Plant Fundamentals, Pollution Prevention Principles, and Pollution Prevention Applications. Part one examines the general subject of process and plant fundamentals, equipment and calculation, process diagrams and economic considerations. Part two covers the broad subject of pollution prevention options, including chapters on source reduction, recycling, treatment methods, and ultimate disposal. Part three contains chapters devoted to specific industrial applications involving pollution prevention. The text is generously supplemented with illustrative examples. Applying pollution prevention strategies - the most viable environmental management option of the future - offers a more cost-effective means of minimizing the generation of waste. Pollution Prevention: The Waste Management Approach to the 21st Century provides the basic principles required for understanding not only pollution prevention but also waste control.

Table of Contents

Process and Plant Fundamentals

Introduction

Definitions

Conservation Laws and Basic Principles

Unit Operations

Plant Equipment

Ancillary Processes and Equipment

Waste Treatment Processes and Equipment

Processes Diagrams

Economic Considerations

Pollution Prevention Principles

From Pollution Control to Pollution Prevention

Additional Pollution Prevention Components

Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment

Source Reduction

Recycling

Pollution Prevention Applications

Commercial Printing

Metal Finishing Industries

Electronics Industry

Drug Manufacturing and Processing Industry

Paint Manufacturing Industry

Pesticide Formulating Industry

Pulp and Paper Industry

Appendices

Appendix A: Units, Conversion Factors, and Mathematical Symbols

Appendix B: State Pollution Prevention Programs

Appendix C: Environmental Organizations

Appendix D: Pollution Prevention Software

Appendix E: Pollution Prevention Contacts in Education

Index