Profitable pollution prevention

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Xiao J, Huang Y. Technology integration for sustainable manufacmring an applied study on integrated profitable pollution prevention in surface finishing systems. Ind Eng Chem Res 2012 51(35) 11434-44. 

Piluso C, Huang Y. Collaborative profitable pollution prevention an approach for the sustainable development of complex industrial zones with uncertain information. Clean Technol Environ PoMcy 2009 ll(3) 307-22. 

Profitable pollution prevention (P3) is an approach being embraced within industry to find cost effective technologies and practices for compliance with the regulations. 

If an option proves to be technically ineffective or inappropriate, it is deleted from the list of potential alternatives. Either follo ving or concurrent with the technical evaluation, an economic study is performed, weighing standard measures of profitability such as payback period, investment returns, and net present value. Many of these costs (or, more appropriately, cost saving may be substantial yet are difficult to quantify. (Refer to Economic Considerations Associated with Pollution Prevention.)... 

The more that can be done on the prevention side of the formula in managing any pollution problem, not just air pollution, the lower are our operating and hidden costs, and hence, the higher our profit margin. These cost saving categories can represent an enormous motivation for doing pollution prevention. 

The book Green Profits A Manager s Handbook for ISO 14001 and Pollution Prevention (N. P. Cheremisinoff and A. Bendavid-Val, Butterworth-Heinemann, Mass., 2001) provides a step-by-step approach to developing pollution prevention programs in an organization. In this section we summarize the basic approach for the reader, but refer you to the above publication for further details and examples. 

Cheremisinoff, N. P. and A. Bendavid-val, Green Profits A Manager s Guide to ISO 14000 and Pollution Prevention, Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, MA, 2001. 

Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P. and Avrom Bendavid-Val, Green Profits The Manager s Handbook for ISO 14001 and Pollution Prevention, Butterworth-Heinemann and Pollution Engineering Magazine, MA, 2001,... 

Huisingh, D., Hilger, H., These n, S. and Martin, L. Proven Profit from Pollution Prevention. Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Washington, D.C. 

Economic concerns. Many companies are unaware of the economic advantages associated with pollution prevention. Legitimate concerns may include decreased profit margins or the lack of funds required for the initial capital investment. 

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