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INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 1990S
Citation:
LICIS, I. J., H. Skovronek, AND M. Drabkin. INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 1990S. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/S8-91/052, 1991.
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A set of criteria was developed for the purpose of subjectively prioritizing industry segments for their pollution prevention potential and their opportunity for improvement. Using this set of criteria, high priority industries were selected from a Standard Industry Classification (SIC)-based list for investigation of the need or opportunity for waste reduction through source reduction and/or material recycle. Information concerning the opportunities in particular industries was then solicited through associations and individual companies, researchers, and state agencies. A final list consisting of 17 industries was identified. In addition, the investigation identified a list of generic research or technological needs where industry contacts believed research could lead to waste minimization applicable to more than one industry. These were considered particularly attractive because of the effect they could have and also because they could avoid any of the proprietary and competitive issues that could inhibit EPA participation in industry-specific developments. Since the start of this project, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated the Industrial Toxics Project (also known as the 33/50) that identifies 17 high priority contaminants on the Toxics Releases Inventory (TRI) for voluntary reductions by the companies generating the waste. Although the number 17 for both projects is coincidental, the 17 priority contaminants are closely represented by the 17 industries identified in this project.