Environmental economics waste reduction

Phase III Synthesis. (/) Identify options identify opportunities, target problem areas, and confirm options. 2) Evaluate options technical, environmental, and economic. (J) Prepare action plan waste reduction plan, production efficiency plan, and training. 

When deciding which options to pursue as part of a waste-reduction action plan, consider each option in terms of environmental and economic benefits. 

Feasibility Analysis Phase The point in a pollution prevention program at which waste reduction options are evaluated technically, economically and environmentally. The results are used to select options to be recommended for implementation. 

Landfill methods are considered the most economical and environmentally acceptable way of disposing of solid wastes throughout the world. Even with the implementation of waste reduction, recycling, and transformation technologies, disposal of residual solid waste in landfill will still remain an important component of an integrated solid waste management strategy.4... 

The current reality is that most chemical companies are looking at Responsible Care, ecoefficiency, and waste reduction as their response to sustainability. The key to sustainable development is in balancing the economic concerns with the environmental and social issues. 

D.M. Young, R. Scharp, H. Cabezas, The waste reduction (WAR) algorithm environmental impacts, energy consumption, and engineering economics, Waste Manage. 20 (2000) 605-615. 

It is economically feasible to use scrap tires in hydraulic engineering. Their benefits include waste reduction for environmental protection and lower material costs than conventional used materials in surface water and groundwater structures. In most cases, scrap tires are burned or disposed in landfills, and... 

The environmental burden of small- and large-scale processes has to be reduced as much as possible. Waste reduction (mass and energy) of course has an ethical component, but also economic competitiveness dictates that cleaner solutions are found. Auxiliary materials, including their regeneration or disposal costs, may contribute significantly to the cost price of the product. An example is the production of recombinant insulin by E. coli fermentation as is described by Datar and Rosen [1]. The auxiliary materials in the downstream processing were estimated to contribute approximately 12% of the production costs, and waste treatment to approximately 5%. 

The use of analytical instrumentation for continuous online measurement of industrial process streams for real-time information gained popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This information has met various demands, the most notable of which include process control, safety, waste reduction, environmental emission monitoring and control, and product quality assurance. With the application of computers and electronics to analyzer technology in recent decades, online analyzers have become even more sophisticated and widely used. In many instances, the application of online analysis has become a necessity for survival in the face of the economic pressures of globalization in chemical manufacturing. 

Depending on the current economic climate (primarily associated with materials availability, current value-added markets, and the current commodity price for used textiles), for-profit rag-sorting companies realize both success and hardship. Although the primary goal for these small businesses is to earn profits, the business owners also are very committed to environmental philosophies and take piide in their contribution to waste reduction. As one informant offered ... 

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