Developing and maintaining a pollution prevention program
- Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center, Champaign, IL (United States)
Industrial waste generation in the US averages billions of pounds daily. Discharged to the air, water, or land, this waste represents a significant loss of raw materials and a potential threat to human health and the environment. To be responsible guardians of environmental quality, waste generators must review their production processes and business operations as well as consider the economic and the environmental benefits of implementing a pollution prevention program. Due to increasing environmental concerns associated with industrial waste, companies must now incorporate waste management and prevention strategies into their industrial processes. Adopting a pollution prevention program as a way of doing business can provide a number of significant benefits to a company. This chapter focuses on the establishment of a pollution prevention program, and methods to sustain such a program once in place. Other steps needed to implement a pollution prevention program are discussed only briefly, as many are covered elsewhere in this handbook or in the publications listed at the end of this chapter. There is no simple formula that every company can follow to establish a program; however, there are some basic steps every company should examine and undertake in developing its unique approach to pollution prevention.
- OSTI ID:
- 99346
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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