Environmental preservation, economic

Nowadays, one of the main duties assigned to the organic chemist is to organize research in such a way that it preserves the environment and to develop procedures that are both environmentally and economically acceptable. One major objective is therefore to simplify and accommodate in a modern way the classical procedures with the aim of keeping pollution effects to a minimum, together with a reduction in energy and raw materials consiunption. 

Foster, V., Bateman, I.J. Harley, D. 1997 Real and hypothetical willingness to pay for environmental preservation a non-experimental comparison , Journal of Agricultural Economics, 48(2) 123-128. 

Martens begins his analysis by pointing out that social justice has been much discussed in relation to environmental preservation and economic growth, at least in the US and Europe. Furthermore, he indicates that the bulk of the literature has placed emphasis on environmental issues at the expense of social justice. In fact, in... 

In the past, studies and designs conducted by qualified professionals have taken those aspects into consideration, trying to balance the technical and economic feasibility of projects with environmental preservation. 

Chemical processes should be designed as part of a sustainable industrial activity that retains the capacity of ecosystems to support both life and industrial activity into the future. Sustainable industrial activity must meet the needs of the present, without compromising the needs of future generations. For chemical process design, this means that processes should use raw materials as efficiently as is economic and practicable, both to prevent the production of waste that can be environmentally harmful and to preserve the reserves of raw materials as much as possible. Processes should use as little energy as is economic and practicable, both to prevent the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels and to preserve the reserves of fossil fuels. Water must also be consumed in... 

The differences in environmental contaminants between our two countries are striking. In Belarus, better living through chemicals is not a lifestyle option. The economic crisis in the country is so devastating that most people can barely meet basic survival needs. Pesticides are not in heavy use, if used at all. New clothes are not affordable, let alone new carpeting. The use of preservatives, growth hormones and antibiotics in the production of food is almost unheard of. The majority of people don t own cars. On the other hand, in Belarus there are less restrictions on industrial pollution, there are no requirements for disclosure of ingredients in food and other products, and the food, air and water are contaminated by radiation pollution that will affect human health in untold ways for millenniums. 

All of the above environmental concerns are leading to restrictions being placed upon the use and composition of preservatives used to treat timber. Preservative systems of the future will therefore be selected not simply on the basis of criteria such as efficacy and cost, but also environmental impact, both during service and at the end of product lifetime. This will inevitably have economic implications. 

Protection of water sources is critical to economic viability as well as to human and environmental health. This has been evident for many decades, but just in the 1980s, the European Community started to adopt legislative measures to evaluate and preserve groundwater and also to implement bans on pesticides which at first concerned mainly persistent organochlorine compounds. Along the years, various European Community Directives have addressed these issues in the European Union, among them ... 

The importance of chemical innovation is not confined to chemical firms. It is equally important to the economy and to society as a whole. New technology provides the major improvements in productivity that help control inflation and that contribute to the nation s economic growth. At the same time, society needs new chemical technology to help solve many of the pressing problems of our time such as energy conservation and supply, production of food, preservation of environmental quality, and control of population growth. 

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