Environmental Sustainability and Industries: Technologies for Solid Waste, Wastewater, and Air Treatment

Environmental Sustainability and Industries explores critical areas for environmentally conscious industrial development, focusing on pollution prevention, energy efficiency, life cycle assessment, industrial ecology, and performance analysis. It emphasizes the importance of identifying and understanding causal relationships between alternative approaches to action and their impact on financial and nonfinancial performance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 580 pages
Publication date: 09 June 2022
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Environmental Sustainability and Industries delves into crucial aspects related to the environmentally conscious industrial development of products and services, aiming to foster more sustainable and equitable societies. This comprehensive book addresses pollution prevention by employing processes, practices, and materials that minimize or eliminate the generation of pollutants at the production source. It promotes the more efficient utilization of raw materials, energy, water, and other resources, as well as conserving natural resources through clean production practices. Industrial energy efficiency is highlighted as the most cost-effective approach to energy consumption in manufacturing processes, reducing waste and overall primary energy resource consumption. Life cycle assessment is employed as an analytical method to quantify environmental impacts, focusing on process design and optimization while incorporating various sustainable manufacturing parameters within industrial processes. The book also explores industrial ecology, investigating how, where, and why environmental improvements can be made to establish a sustainable industry, meeting the needs of current generations without compromising those of future generations. Furthermore, it analyzes a company's environmental, social, and economic performance, emphasizing the significance of identifying and understanding causal relationships between alternative approaches to action and their impact on financial and nonfinancial performance. The book concludes with a forward-looking perspective on the future of sustainable industrial systems, emphasizing the collective effort of scientists, governments, and individuals to drive change.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 235 x 191 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323900348