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Featuring a collection of informative and descriptive chapters, this book is essential reading for environmental scientists, environmental toxicologists and people from allied fields. The research and its outcomes presented here focus on pollution prevention approaches, clean technologies and toxic use reduction that has the potential for eliminating worker exposure to health risks; and creates healthy and sustainable ecosystems. Readers will discover ways to incorporate prevention in the design of industrial processes that help to eliminate harmful environmental effects while promoting the competitiveness of industries. Issues such as biological control agents for sustainable urban agriculture, safe water and soil health; waste management and utilization in food processing industries, and ranking of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) with respect to ozone formation are addressed in this book. Particular attention is given to interrelated issues associated with global warming and the use of genetically engineered organisms (GEM's) for combating pollution in extreme environments. The authors invite researchers to think through the critical analysis presented here and recommend future pathways for further research

Front Cover -- Pollution Prevention Pays -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Part I: What Development Lays Down -- Chapter 1. Pollution and society -- Further reading -- Chapter 2. Development and the environment -- Further reading -- Chapter 3. The cost of pollution -- (i) Introduction -- (ii) The costs of air, water and noise pollution -- (iii) The medical cost of a polluted environment -- (iv) Profit and loss: The impact of pollution control on the bottom line of the balance sheet -- Further reading

In my role as an Environment Officer in the Lincolnshire land and water team I cover a range of topics from abstraction licenses to inspecting sewage treatment works and attending incidents.

As part of its waste matter prevention policy, the Dutch government has tried over the past few years to stimulate pollution prevention in firms by means of so-called stimulation and learning projects. To be able to determine the effectiveness of future policies, an extensive evaluation study was performed in 1994 on the pollution prevention projects which had been realized over the past few years. This study* was carried out by the Centre for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy of the University of Twente in Enschada, the Netherlands, commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment, Waste Matter Board. The aim of the study was to determine the level of success of pollution prevention projects in relation to different circumstances in the implementation of pollution prevention projects in firms. This would provide information which may contribute to the successful setting up of new projects. By `successful¿ we mean that they may build on the success formulas of projects completed earlier, consisting of specific project features and other conditions which proved to be of influence. The central research question of the study was: which features make a pollution prevention project efficacious, effective and efficient? This article deals with the structure and results of this study and gives insight into: (1)the results of pollution prevention projects in the Netherlands; and (2)the features of pollution prevention projects which proved to be either more or less successful.

AbstractToday's competitive environment is driving both government and industry to bring "better, faster, cheaper, and cleaner" products to the market. Within the government, the Joint Group on Pollution Prevention Methodology (JG‐PPMET), a product of the Joint Group on Pollution Prevention (JG‐PP), is a standardized process accepted by Program Managers to mitigate future costs and risks. The JG‐PP is a partnership between various government organization and assists stakeholders in validating and implementing cleaner and cheaper processes at military and industrial facilities. To date, JG‐PP has used the JG‐PPMET on 20 projects across the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). These initiatives, often involving multiple government and industry partners, will result in over $37 million in cost savings and cost avoidance and $78 million avoidance in duplication of effort.