Ebook: Responsible Care - A New Strategy for Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction through Environmental Management

Environmental regulations provide protection to the public, workers and the environment. To protect themselves from long-term liabilities, however, companies have to do more than just comply with the basic responsibilities. This handbook is designed to introduce terminology, methodology, tools, procedures and practical guidance for incorporating efficient pollution prevention strategies into the overall business plan. It is the company's responsibility to protect and control their management of waste and pollution, and a company that fails to do so will ultimately inflict a negative impact on their bottom line, especially in financial performance. Responsible Care delivers critical guidelines and rules of thumb required for industrial managers to improve the company's profitably through waste reduction, cleaner production technologies and sound management practices.
Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. A Primer on Responsible Environmental Management
2. Worker Safety and P2
3.The Chemical Process Industries
4. Refineries
5. The Wood Preserving Industry
6. The Food and Dairy Industry
7. P2 and Best Management Practices in Different Industries
8. Environmental Economics
9. Adopting an EMS
Index