Toxic Waste
Rafael Lopez Perez
TOXIC WASTE
Pollution Prevention
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS DEFINITIONS
Pollution prevention consists of all those activities that reduce the generation of hazardous waste. Many terms are used to describe these activities: waste minimization, waste reduction, source reduction, waste diversion, pollution prevention, recycling, and reuse.
In a recent policy statements EPA suggested the following hierarchy for management of wastes:
* Source reduction
* Recycling
* Treatment
* Disposal
In plant practices that reduce, avoid or eliminate the generation of …
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…with models usually embodying a classic process as follows:
o Problem definition
o Establish objectives:
o Develop alternatives
o Analysis of alternatives
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control. Roy M. Harrison
Waste Not, want Not. WWF
Hazardous Waste Management. Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham Jeffrey C. Evans
Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control. Roy M. Harrison
Waste Not, want Not. WWF
Hazardous Waste Management. Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham Jeffrey C. Evans
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