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RECORD NUMBER: 312 OF 1398Main Title | EcoProduction and Logistics Emerging Trends and Business Practices / [electronic resource] : | ||||
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Type | EBOOK | ||||
Author | Golinska, Paulina. | ||||
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, | ||||
Year Published | 2013 | ||||
Call Number | TD195.B58 | ||||
ISBN | 9783642235535 | ||||
Subjects | Environmental sciences ; Environmental management ; Biotechnology ; Sustainable development | ||||
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Collation | XII, 328 p. online resource. | ||||
Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
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Contents Notes | Sustainability and Life Cycle Management -- Environmental Friendly Resource Management in Production -- Information Systems and Information Management Supporting Sustainability. Environmental awareness is driven mainly by the scarcity of natural resources and by more strict legal regulations. The modern enterprise policy should look at the relations between economic actions and ecological consequences. Ecoproduction is a new business approach which focuses on the most efficient and productive use of raw materials and natural resources in order to minimize footprints on the natural environment. This book aims to provide the state- of- the- art as well as new ideas of the environmental conscious operations management. The contributors present in the individual chapters problems related to: eco-friendly production technologies; recycling and waste reduction. Scope of topics discussed in this book covers also pollution prevention, energy efficiency. The authors describe problems of information management in complex systems |