Sustainability/environmental protection

We are presently going through a critical phase of conversion in agriculture requiring solutions for reconciling widely differing dimensions, namely, agricultural productivity, farm economic sustainability, environmental protection and social aspects. 

The macro-trend towards sustainable environmental protection and social responsibility, also on a legislative level, offers ChemKitgood prospects for a steady business success. However, in the first years the business model depends strongly on subsidies from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW). Any unforeseen short-term loss of these subsidies would have an extremely detrimental effect on the revenue situation of ChemKit. 

Macro-trend towards sustainable environmental protection and social responsibility opens up, e. g., opportunities for marketing reaching companies participating in Chemical Leasing Increasing tightening of European chemicals policy (REACH)... 

These days, the focus is on developing environmentally friendly polymers. These polymers are naturally degradable when disposed in the environment. The carbon footprint of production of these polymers is monitored to ensure sustainable environmental protection. 

Environmental protection and resource use have to be considered in a comprehensive framework, and all of the relevant economic and natural scientific aspects have to be taken into consideration. The concepts of entropy and sustainability are useful in this regard. The entropy concept says that every system will tend toward maximum disorder if left to itself. In other words, in the absence of sound environmental policy. Earth s energy sources will be converted to heat and pollutants that must be received by Earth. The concept of sustainability has to do with... 

One of the conclusions from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (the Earth Summit) was the urgent need to find a more sustainable way of life, based on careful use of resources and a reduction in environmental emissions. There was also a call to move towards a model in which environmental enhancement is fully integrated with economic development. The consequences of this summit have been far-reaching not least by the fact that, in Europe and elsewhere, environmental protection requirements are now integrated into many policies rather than being separate pieces of legislation. Indeed Article 2 of the EC treaty states that the Community shall. .. promote throughout the Community harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of economic activities This may be viewed as the first step towards... 

EPA (2007). Sustainable Research Strategy. Office of Research and Development, LfS Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, http //www.epa.gov/Sustamability/ pdfs/EPA-12057 SRS R4-l.pdf. (accessed 25.10.10). 

Environmental protection, Economic growth and social development known as three E s. The mission is to implement an environmentally friendly energy system. If we are to achieve sustainable development, we will need to display greater responsibility for energy, economy and environment. 

USEPA (2007) Sustainable materials management materials management and the 3Rs Initiative. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). http //www.hepa.gov/oswer/intemational/ factsheets/ndpm-3rs-initiative-and- materialsmanagement.html. Accessed 10 Apr 2011... 

The flows of wastewater originating from the water supply of a community and runoff from precipitation on urban surfaces are typically collected and conveyed for treatment and disposal. The system used for this purpose is called a sewer network or a collection system that consists of individual pipes (sewer lines) and a number of installations, such as inlet structures and pumps, to facilitate collection and transport. The efficient, safe and cost-effective collection and transport of wastewater and urban runoff have been identified as key criteria to be observed. In this context, the word safe means that public health, welfare and environmental protection have high priority. The demand for solutions toward more sustainable water management in the cities is a new challenge. 

Lens, P.N.L., Vallero, M., Gonzalez-Gil, G., Rebac, S., and Lettinga, G. Environmental protection in industry for sustainable development, Chapter 3 in Water recycling and resource recovery in industry Analysis, technologies and implementation, Edited by P.Lens et al., IWA publishing, 2002, ISBN 1 84339 005 1. 

This workshop was supported by the George and Cynthia Mitchell Endowment for Sustainability Science, the United States Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), and the American Chemistry Council. This summary is funded in part by a contract from the EPA (contract no.) Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. 

During the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the U S. National Academies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the American Chemistry Council announced a new initiative to facilitate better communication among scientists, policymakers, and other decisionmakers so that scientific knowledge more effectively informs public policy and private sector decisions relating to sustainability in developing countries. More specifically, the goals of the initiative are ... 

Renewable energy scenarios depend on environmental protection, which is an essential characteristic of sustainable developments. Worldwide biomass ranks fourth as an energy resource, providing approximately 14% of the world s energy needs. Biomass, mainly now represent only 3% of primary energy consumption... 

The field of catalysis enjoys significant scientific prominence due to its importance in areas that affect the general public—clean energy, environmental protection, and conversion of sustainable feedstocks, for example. These driving forces, among others, will guide research efforts in our field for the foreseeable future. This volume of the Royal Society of Chemistry s Specialist Periodical Reports Catalysis book series addresses these issues directly, providing up-to-date reviews on subjects of current interest. 

The key aim for the twenty-first century is sustainable development. Sustainable development seeks to reconcile environmental protection and development it means nothing more than using resources no faster than they can regenerate themselves, and... 

The used chemicals are taken back by the chemical supplier for treatment, provided it has a waste treatment facility. Such a facility could also be located on the user s premises this differs from case to case. If no waste treatment facility exists, ChemKit will put the supplier in touch with a suitable waste disposal company with whom it can work together. Parts of the waste output are thus recycled and fed back into the user process, closing the loop of the Chemical Leasing model. Since the chemical supplier will need to use fewer new chemical substances in the future, it profits from the cut in material costs. In addition, it makes a sustainable contribution to environmental protection (Fig. 12). 

Trends Environmental protection by way of environmentally-oriented business management, sustainability, corporate social responsibility... 

Costs. It has been established that chemical firms are allocating R D resources to solve environmental protection problems. Even though this research may be highly desirable from a societal posture, it does represent a diversion of R D resources from traditional goals of product development and process improvement. This diversion represents "opportunity costs" or the loss that the firms sustain by foregoing the benefits that are provided by traditional research projects. 

The fundamental goal of Sweden s Unified Environment Code e n-acted in 1999 is to establish the prerequisites for sustainable development in society, 13 and it applies to all human activities that have potential negative consequences with respect to health or the environment. The Code introduced several novel features, integrated a number of previous acts dealing with various aspects of environmental protection, including chemicals control, and calls for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, which is... 

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