Environmental Sustainability and Industries identifies and discusses critical areas related to environmentally conscious industrial development of products and services that may support more sustainable and equitable societies.
This book addresses pollution prevention by referring to the use of processes, practices, and materials that reduce or eliminate the generation of pollutants at the source of production, more efficient use of raw materials, energy, water or other resources, or by conserving natural resources by maintaining clean production. It explains industrial energy efficiency as the most cost-effective use of energy in manufacturing processes, reducing its wastage as well as the total consumption of primary energy resources.
Life cycle assessment is used as an analytical method to quantify environmental impacts, focusing on environmental considerations concerning process design and optimization, and including various sustainable manufacturing parameters in the context of industrial processes and proposes a classification of identified parameters to evaluate and optimize the manufacturing performances. The book also dives into industrial ecology, investigating how, where, and why environmental improvements can be made to develop a sustainable industry, meeting the needs of current generations without sacrificing the needs of the future ones.
This book analyzes a company’s environmental, social, and economic performance and their interrelationships, emphasizing the importance of identifying and understanding causal relationships between alternative approaches to action and their impact on financial and nonfinancial performance. It concludes with a view on the future of sustainable industrial systems stressing change as a joint effort of scientists, governments, people in business, and academicians.
1. Environmental Sustainability and Industries - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page vii 8. List of contributors - p. Page viii 9. About the editors - p. Page viii 10. Preface - p. Page x 11. List of Illustrations - p. Page xii 12. List of Tables - p. Page xiii 13. Chapter 1 : Processes and technologies for water reuse in the industry - p. Page xiii 14. Chapter 2 : Municipal water treatment with special emphasis on biosorption and nanoparticles - p. Page 48 15. Chapter 3 : Clearing the air: technologies for monitoring and control of air pollution - p. Page 77 16. Chapter 4 : Nanotechnology: an emerging strategy for combating air pollution - p. Page 105 17. Chapter 5 : Biochar-based composting for sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture - p. Page 125 18. Chapter 6 : Sustainable bio-based technologies for waste and wastewater treatment integrated with value-added products - p. Page 140 19. Chapter 7 : Recent trends in the application of biowaste for hazardous radioactive waste treatment - p. Page 156 20. Chapter 8 : Biodegradable plastics as a substitute to traditional polythenes: a step toward a safer environment - p. Page 188 21. Chapter 9 : Two-dimensional nanomaterial-based chemosensors for the detection of contaminants in air and water - p. Page 209 22. Chapter 10 : Nanomaterials in sustainable industrial applications - p. Page 230 23. Chapter 11 : Applications of metal-organic framework based membranes in energy storage and conversion - p. Page 253 24. Chapter 12 : Industry and environmental life-cycle assessment: background and perspective - p. Page 270 25. Chapter 13 : Process system engineering and the development of tools for environmental considerations in the perspective of industrial ecology - p. Page 286 26. Chapter 14 : Life-cycle assessment of biorefinery - p. Page 303 27. Chapter 15 : Avoiding waste and generating environmental, social and economic gains through industrial social ecology networks - p. Page 327 28. Chapter 16 : Sustainability and process intensification in wastewater treatment - p. Page 359 29. Chapter 17 : Industrial symbiosis and eco-industrial parks - p. Page 393 30. Chapter 18 : Process intensification and green engineering in process industry - p. Page 424 31. Chapter 19 : Economic development, economic complexity and environmental performance: in search of common ground - p. Page 452 32. Chapter 20 : Design of sustainable and environmental friendly processes for industries - p. Page 479 33. Chapter 21 : Fruitful controversies in sustainable livestock production: beyond the intensive versus extensive livestock polarization in nonforest ecosystems - p. Page 495 34. Chapter 22 : Corporate sustainability: roles of technologies and business models - p. Page 519 35. Index - p. Page 545
Environmental Sustainability and Industries identifies and discusses critical areas related to environmentally conscious industrial development of products and services that may support more sustainable and equitable societies.
This book addresses pollution prevention by referring to the use of processes, practices, and materials that reduce or eliminate the generation of pollutants at the source of production, more efficient use of raw materials, energy, water or other resources, or by conserving natural resources by maintaining clean production. It explains industrial energy efficiency as the most cost-effective use of energy in manufacturing processes, reducing its wastage as well as the total consumption of primary energy resources.
Life cycle assessment is used as an analytical method to quantify environmental impacts, focusing on environmental considerations concerning process design and optimization, and including various sustainable manufacturing parameters in the context of industrial processes and proposes a classification of identified parameters to evaluate and optimize the manufacturing performances. The book also dives into industrial ecology, investigating how, where, and why environmental improvements can be made to develop a sustainable industry, meeting the needs of current generations without sacrificing the needs of the future ones.
This book analyzes a company’s environmental, social, and economic performance and their interrelationships, emphasizing the importance of identifying and understanding causal relationships between alternative approaches to action and their impact on financial and nonfinancial performance. It concludes with a view on the future of sustainable industrial systems stressing change as a joint effort of scientists, governments, people in business, and academicians.
1. Environmental Sustainability and Industries - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page vii 8. List of contributors - p. Page viii 9. About the editors - p. Page viii 10. Preface - p. Page x 11. List of Illustrations - p. Page xii 12. List of Tables - p. Page xiii 13. Chapter 1 : Processes and technologies for water reuse in the industry - p. Page xiii 14. Chapter 2 : Municipal water treatment with special emphasis on biosorption and nanoparticles - p. Page 48 15. Chapter 3 : Clearing the air: technologies for monitoring and control of air pollution - p. Page 77 16. Chapter 4 : Nanotechnology: an emerging strategy for combating air pollution - p. Page 105 17. Chapter 5 : Biochar-based composting for sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture - p. Page 125 18. Chapter 6 : Sustainable bio-based technologies for waste and wastewater treatment integrated with value-added products - p. Page 140 19. Chapter 7 : Recent trends in the application of biowaste for hazardous radioactive waste treatment - p. Page 156 20. Chapter 8 : Biodegradable plastics as a substitute to traditional polythenes: a step toward a safer environment - p. Page 188 21. Chapter 9 : Two-dimensional nanomaterial-based chemosensors for the detection of contaminants in air and water - p. Page 209 22. Chapter 10 : Nanomaterials in sustainable industrial applications - p. Page 230 23. Chapter 11 : Applications of metal-organic framework based membranes in energy storage and conversion - p. Page 253 24. Chapter 12 : Industry and environmental life-cycle assessment: background and perspective - p. Page 270 25. Chapter 13 : Process system engineering and the development of tools for environmental considerations in the perspective of industrial ecology - p. Page 286 26. Chapter 14 : Life-cycle assessment of biorefinery - p. Page 303 27. Chapter 15 : Avoiding waste and generating environmental, social and economic gains through industrial social ecology networks - p. Page 327 28. Chapter 16 : Sustainability and process intensification in wastewater treatment - p. Page 359 29. Chapter 17 : Industrial symbiosis and eco-industrial parks - p. Page 393 30. Chapter 18 : Process intensification and green engineering in process industry - p. Page 424 31. Chapter 19 : Economic development, economic complexity and environmental performance: in search of common ground - p. Page 452 32. Chapter 20 : Design of sustainable and environmental friendly processes for industries - p. Page 479 33. Chapter 21 : Fruitful controversies in sustainable livestock production: beyond the intensive versus extensive livestock polarization in nonforest ecosystems - p. Page 495 34. Chapter 22 : Corporate sustainability: roles of technologies and business models - p. Page 519 35. Index - p. Page 545
