Waste management environmental aspects

Factory and trade waste—Management—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Industries—Environmental aspects—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Wang, Lawrence I<. II. Hung, Yung-Tse. III. Shammas, Nazih I<. IV. Title. V. Series. 

Factory and trade waste--Management 2. Hazardous wastes--Management 3. Manufacturing processeS"Environmental aspects. 4. Industries-Environmental aspects. I. Wang, Lawrence K. 

What are the main advantages/disadvantages of this model as compared to the traditional sales concept Advantages cost reduction safe management of hazardous wastes reduction of the consumption of solvent and higher efficient process (more control over the process) combining the aspects of better process performance and low cost with environmental aspects ... 

With the growing awareness for the protection of the environment, there is a greater need for producers to improve the environmental profile of their products. Consumers and regulatory bodies expect more information on the effects of products on the environment during their manufacture, use, and disposal. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used as a holistic approach to assess the impact of a product throughout its life cycle. An important aspect of LCA is recycling and waste management. 

Contains references to worldwide technical and nontechnical literature on all aspects of pollution, solid waste management, and environmental quality. Covers journals, books, technical reports, conference papers, and government documents. Produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (STN CD-ROM available from Silver Platter and National Information Services Corporation). 

In the Navy, as everywhere else, the disposal of solid waste is becoming more and more costly as environmental regulations become more restrictive. This paper will examine some of the economic and technical aspects of a new concept for reducing the overall cost for solid waste management. 

In such a future scenario, the industry will be called upon to justify not only their economic objectives but also explicitly consider environmental (and social) objectives. This shift from the solely fiscally-driven business plans to the triple bottom-line business plan will propel the marked shift in corporate function. To be successful, the change in corporate orientation must encompass the entire value chain with free flow of communication across the traditional boundaries and interphases with suppliers, customers, and waste managers. This cannot be achieved by a few analysts embedded within a single department but requires champions that represent aU aspects of the value chain. 

Use of life-cycle assessment techniques to analyze material choices, processes, and waste disposal continues to increase. Some countries in Europe require life-cycle analysis before products are introduced. The U.S. EPA and the Department of Energy have jointly sponsored research to develop the tools and information needed for life-cycle analysis-based decisions about solid waste management strategies. The results of this project have already undergone peer review by experts, and are scheduled to be released in 2000. This study includes both economic and environmental aspects, and will have relevance internationally as well as in the United States. ... 

Industrial ecology is a recent concept in engineering and management, and is an attempt to manage an industrial unit as an ecosystem, with feedback loops and the minimal use of resources and production of waste [7]. Life cycle assessment, which was designed to take into account the environmental impact of waste, can help achieve cleaner production technologies and sustainable waste management practices which are all important aspects of... 

The different views on the subject were express l at an international woiitshop on tihe environmental and ethical aspects of long-lived radioactive waste disposal in 1994 [12]. The extensive discussions held at this workshop show that final conclusions will have to be based on scientific/ technical and especially ethical grounds. The workshop provided an in ortant base for the Collective Opinion of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency on "The Environmental and Ethical Basis of Geological Disposal" [2]. 

These criteria reflect a strong empathy with the need to address the environmental aspects, and Vink demonstrated the positive benefits that poly (lactic acid) could achieve, both in terms of the manufacturing process, as well as the waste management disposal options at the end of a product s useful life. 

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