Research in waste minimization: EPA's (Environmental Protection Agency's) perspective

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5218700

Licis, I J; Apel, M L; Brown, L M

Reducing the generation of industrial and other wastes can be achieved in many ways. Process chemistry can be changed, potential waste streams can be recycled within a manufacturing process or back into the process; process technology and/or equipment can be modified to produce products more efficiently, resulting in less waste; changes in raw materials (feedstocks) can lead to fewer waste streams or less-hazardous waste streams; finally, changes in the end products from manufacturing operations can, in some instances, be made so as to affect the types and quantities of wastes emitted. EPA's waste-minimization research, development, and demonstration programs described in this paper address several of these issues.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5218700
• Report Number(s): PB-90-112657/XAB; EPA--600/D-89/121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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