Resource reduction

PMN submitters have the option of submitting information on the pollution prevention benefits of the PMN substance with the PMN form. This is an opportunity to tell the EPA about the environmental benefits expected from the new chemical. These could be more efficient use of natural resources, reductions in the amount of waste generated by use of the substance, whether it can be used instead of a more toxic substance, and any other environmental advantages from use of the PMN substance. 

Smith, B. 1989. Source reduction by new equipment. Presented at Pollution Resource Reduction in Textile Wet Processing. Raleigh, NC (May 23-24). 

The decisive criterion in the case of wood substitution is the life expectancy ratio (LER) of the compared products made of mixed plastics or wood, respectively. Only above a certain limit value (in the examined case LER = >3.3) — that is, a clearly longer life cycle of the plastic product as compared with the wooden product—is the level of resource reduction in feedstock recycling/energy recovery reached. The situation is similar as far as acidification and eutrophication are concerned. Advantages are found only with regard to waste minimization. 

Takayama and Fujinami subsequently prepared seven 3,5-disubsdtuted derivatives, the most potent of which was the 3,5-dibromo (p/50 = 5.77) derivative, which was also the most potent in the whole study. Thus, if the Topliss approach had been followed, 14 compounds, not 61 compounds, would have been prepared, a resource reduction of 77%. Of course, less certainty and thus higher risk would have been involved. For example, no ex-... 

Opportunities for improving supply chain sustainabiUty can be identified by matching the social (workforce, customer, society) and environmental (resource reduction, emission reduction, product innovation) pillars we have described with the various supply chain drivers discussed in this... 

Describe key dimensions of sustainabiUty for a supply chain. Supply chain sustainability can be evaluated in terms of social, environmental, and economic impacts. The social pillar includes the impact on the workforce, customers, and society. The environmental pillar includes resource reduction, emission reduction, and environmental product innovation. 

Resource Recovery and Waste Reduction Third Report to Congress Report SW-161, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1975 R. A. Lowe, Energy Recovery from Waste Report SW-36d.ii, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1975. 

The North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources has pubhshed a report on the reduction of poUution sources in textile wet processing and a workbook for poUution prevention by source reduction in textile wet processing which includes dyes (312). 

Do not produce a long list of recommendations without any indication of the relative contributions they will make to the reduction of risk or without any comparison of costs and benefits. Resources are not unhmited and the more we spend on reducing one hazard, the less there is left to spend on reducing others. 

Then, the absolute reduction in frequency, consequence, or risk can be calculated and compared to the cost of implementing the improvement, allowing you to determine whether the change represents the best use of resources to improve safety. 

Damage any reduction in the intended use or value of a biological or physical resource. For example, economic production, ecological structure or function, aesthetic value, or biological or genetic diversity that may be altered by a pollutant. 

An indicator result could, for instance, be compared to the total indicator value in an area, or to the average indicator value per inhabitant per year. Other common methods are to compare with national reduction targets and with damage costs from emissions and resource depletion. Sometimes these are weighed across impact categories made by expert panels. However, some studies using this technique would not meet the requirement of transparency for the weighting process set by ISO. 

A technique for assessing the functions of a product and determining whether the same functions can be achieved with fewer types of components and materials and the product produced with less resources. Variety reduction is an element of value engineering. 

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