Source Reduction and Waste Minimization is the second volume in the series Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices. It addresses processes and practices for waste minimization to support efforts to promote a more sustainable society and provide readers with a proper understanding of the major mechanisms followed for waste minimization across fields. Despite being one of the major challenges mankind is facing to establish a sustainable society, waste minimization techniques are not broadly adopted and an organized collection of these techniques with corresponding evidence of results is not available currently. This book covers numerous mechanisms supported by scientific evidence and case studies, as well as in-depth flowcharts and process diagrams to allow for readers to adopt these processes.
Summarizing the present and emerging zero waste tools on the scale of both experimental and theoretical models, Advanced Zero Waste Tools is the first step toward understanding the state-of-the-art practices in making the zero-waste goal a reality. In addition to environmental and engineering principles, it also covers economic, toxicologic, and regulatory issues, making it an important resource for researchers, engineers, and policymakers working toward environmental sustainability.
1. Source Reduction and Waste Minimization: Volume 2 of Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. About the Authors - p. xi 7. Chapter 1 Source reduction and waste minimization—concept, context, and its benefits - p. 1 8. Chapter 2 Source reduction, waste minimization, and cleaner technologies - p. 23 9. Chapter 3 Source reduction and waste minimization in electrical and electronics industry - p. 61 10. Chapter 4 Source reduction and waste minimization in healthcare industry - p. 83 11. Chapter 5 Source reduction and waste minimization in construction industry - p. 111 12. Chapter 6 Source reduction and waste minimization in chemical industry - p. 127 13. Chapter 7 Source reduction and waste minimization in food industry - p. 137 14. Chapter 8 Source reduction and waste minimization in energy production industry - p. 149 15. Chapter 9 Source reduction and waste minimization in textile industries - p. 159 16. Chapter 10 Source reduction and waste minimization in the mining industries - p. 169 17. Chapter 11 Challenges and recommendations for source reduction and waste minimization - p. 177 18. Index - p. 183
Source Reduction and Waste Minimization is the second volume in the series Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices. It addresses processes and practices for waste minimization to support efforts to promote a more sustainable society and provide readers with a proper understanding of the major mechanisms followed for waste minimization across fields. Despite being one of the major challenges mankind is facing to establish a sustainable society, waste minimization techniques are not broadly adopted and an organized collection of these techniques with corresponding evidence of results is not available currently. This book covers numerous mechanisms supported by scientific evidence and case studies, as well as in-depth flowcharts and process diagrams to allow for readers to adopt these processes.
Summarizing the present and emerging zero waste tools on the scale of both experimental and theoretical models, Advanced Zero Waste Tools is the first step toward understanding the state-of-the-art practices in making the zero-waste goal a reality. In addition to environmental and engineering principles, it also covers economic, toxicologic, and regulatory issues, making it an important resource for researchers, engineers, and policymakers working toward environmental sustainability.
1. Source Reduction and Waste Minimization: Volume 2 of Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. About the Authors - p. xi 7. Chapter 1 Source reduction and waste minimization—concept, context, and its benefits - p. 1 8. Chapter 2 Source reduction, waste minimization, and cleaner technologies - p. 23 9. Chapter 3 Source reduction and waste minimization in electrical and electronics industry - p. 61 10. Chapter 4 Source reduction and waste minimization in healthcare industry - p. 83 11. Chapter 5 Source reduction and waste minimization in construction industry - p. 111 12. Chapter 6 Source reduction and waste minimization in chemical industry - p. 127 13. Chapter 7 Source reduction and waste minimization in food industry - p. 137 14. Chapter 8 Source reduction and waste minimization in energy production industry - p. 149 15. Chapter 9 Source reduction and waste minimization in textile industries - p. 159 16. Chapter 10 Source reduction and waste minimization in the mining industries - p. 169 17. Chapter 11 Challenges and recommendations for source reduction and waste minimization - p. 177 18. Index - p. 183
