Abstract
Pollution prevention offers industry an opportunity, but its exact cost, benefits, and risks are difficult to fully identify or quantify. Pollution prevention represents a significant change in the scope and methodology usually used in waste management. It is a multimedia approach that concentrates on preventing the production of waste in any form in all parts of the plant.
Formerly Principal Engineering-Science Advisor and Research Director at EPA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Currently consultant to industry and government
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Lacy, W.J. (1992). Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization. In: Kent, J.A. (eds) Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7691-0_2
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