Pollution prevention: A new agenda

Book · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:99339

Freeman, H M ^[1]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States)

Pollution prevention is a term used to describe production technologies and strategies that result in eliminating or reducing waste streams. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines pollution prevention as the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source. It includes practices that reduce the use of hazardous materials, energy, water, or other resources and practices that protect natural resources through conservation or more efficient use. The idea underlying the promotion of pollution prevention is that it makes far more sense for a generator not to produce waste than to develop extensive treatment schemes to ensure that the waste poses no threat to the quality of the environment.This chapter focuses on the following: benefits of pollution prevention; pollution prevention in other countries; and industrial programs which reflect both an interest in saving money and avoiding increasingly stringent end-of-the-pipe environmental regulations. This chapter focuses on the following: benefits of pollution prevention; pollution prevention in other countries; and industrial programs which reflect both an interest in saving money and avoiding increasingly stringent end-of-the-pipe environmental regulations.

• OSTI ID: 99339
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION REGULATIONS