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REDUCING HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATION
AN EVALUATION AND A CALL FOR ACTION |
| By: |
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0309034981 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309034982 |
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| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1985 |
| Pages: |
76 |
| Description: |
Offers an exploration of how industry, government, and the public can use available nontechnical means to reduce significantly the amount of hazardous waste entering the environment. This book considers many approaches, such as the modifications to avoid contaminating normal wastewater with hazardous by-products, education about reuse, and more. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first thorough exploration of how industry, government, and the public can use available nontechnical means to reduce significantly the amount of hazardous waste entering the environment. Among the approaches considered are modifications to avoid contaminating normal wastewater with hazardous by-products, education of management and engineering personnel about reuse and recycling, reform of regulations and enforcement procedures, and incentives for improvement in waste practices. A free digest of this volume accompanies each copy. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
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