Industrial Pollution Prevention

In fact, effective industrial pollution prevention is definitely better than its cure. The first objective must be reduction in the amount of waste produced, if it cannot be avoided. The second objective is to manage the waste in a suitable way while minimizing the overall burden associated with the waste management system [8]. 

In order to reduce waste production, the potential waste production in an industry should be properly assessed. This step should start with the procurement of the raw materials, taking into consideration their type and nature, their conversion processing into products, their packing process, and their recycling and reuse, if possible. 

Pollution prevention can ameliorate the environmental conditions by reducing the generation of waste (Fig. 3.4) [9]. This can also address the serious problems of global warming caused by ozone depletion. 

In addition, pollution control prevention also has economic benefits. Although waste management and recycling in most cases increase the production cost, it pays back the initial investment in the long term. Economic benefits include the amount of reduction of waste produced or treated and disposed, and also in reduction of raw material. 

The second step is the modification of the production process, which includes the replacement of the raw material containing hazardous causahties, the optimization of the process, and the t5 e of raw material used. The determination of the sources of leaks and spills in the process, and the separation of hazardous from nonhazardous and recyclable waste should also he considered. The third part is the management of waste including its recycling and reuse. 

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World Bank. 1995. "Industrial Pollution Prevention and Abatement Coke Manufacturing." Draft Technical Background Document. Washington, D.C. 

Freeman, H., Ed. (1995). Industrial pollution prevention handbook. McGraw Hill, New York. 

Pollution prevention in the U.S., whether through source material reduction/reuse, or waste recycling, is practiced in various sectors of the nonferrous metals industry. Pollution prevention techniques and processes currently used by the nonferrous metals industry can be grouped into the following general categories1 2 3 4 ... 

CPE IX, held in September 1993 in Alexandria, Cairo/Luxor, Egypt, was a joint conference with EPA/U.S. AID S Fourth International Symposium on Industry in the Developing World. This included a workshop on industrial pollution prevention and clean technologies, and other cooperation and institutional issues. Participants were comprised of a multi-disciplined technical group from 27 countries. 

Evers, D.P. Eacility pollution prevention. In Industrial Pollution Prevention Handbook, Freeman, H.M., Ed. McGraw-Hill New York, 1995 155-179. 

Overcash, M.R. Techniques for Industrial Pollution Prevention, Lewis Publishers MI, 1986. Nemerow, N.L. Industrial Water Pollution, Addison-Wesley Reading, MA, 1978. 

Nemerow, N.L. Industrial Water Pollution Addison-Wesley Reading, MA, 1978 583-588. Nemerow, N.L. Dasgupta, A. Environmentally balanced industrial complexes. In Proceedings of the 36th Industrial Waste Conference, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, 1981 Vol. 36, 982-989. Overcash, M.R. Techniques for Industrial Pollution Prevention Lewis Publishers Michigan, 1986 87-89. 

Forrester Environmental Services, Inc., has developed a group of technologies for the stabilization of wastes containing heavy metals, such as lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, copper, zinc, and antimony. These technologies have been used in both industrial pollution prevention and remediation applications. One version of the technology involves the use of water-soluble phosphates and various complexing agents to produce a less soluble lead waste. This process results in a leach-resistant lead product. 

The Industrial Pollution Prevention Handbook by Harry M. Freeman... 

Thurber, J., and Sherman, P. (1995). Pollution prevention requirements in United States environmental laws. In Industrial Pollution Prevention Handbook (H. M. Freeman, ed.), pp. 27-49, McGraw-Hill, New York. 

H. Freeman, T. Harten, J. Springer, P. Randall, M. A. Curran, and K. Stone, Industrial Pollution Prevention A Critical Review, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 42, 618-656 (1992). 

H. Freeman, Industrial Pollution Prevention Handbook. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995. 

R. S. Butner, Pollution Prevention in Process Development and Design, in Industrial Pollution Prevention Handbook, ed. Harry Freeman, Chapter 44, pp. 329-341, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1995. 

Freeman, H., Harten, T., Springer, J Randall, P., Curran, M. A., and Stone, K Industrial pollution prevention A critical review. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 42, 618 (1992). 

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