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INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 1990S
Citation:
Licis, I., H. Skovrnek, AND M. Drabkin. INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 1990S. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-91/052.
Description:
A set of criteria was developed for the purpose of subjectively prioritizing industry segments for their pollution prevention potential and their opportunity for improvement. sing this set of criteria, high priority industries were elected 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. nformation concerning the opportunities in particular industries was then solicited through associations and individual companies, researchers, and state agencies. inal list consisting of 17 industries was identified. n addition, the nvestigation 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. hese 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. ince the start of this project, the USEPA 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.