| United States. General Accounting Office - Pollution - 1994 - 66 pages
...on Reducing Industrial Pollutants (Washington, DC: October 1991), p. 4 — "pollution prevention" is "the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source.... [It] includes practices that reduce the use of hazardous materials,... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - Pollution - 1994 - 64 pages
...on Reducing Industrial Pollutants (Washington, DC: October 1991), p. 4 — "pollution prevention" is "the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source.... [It] includes practices that reduce the use of hazardous materials,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - History - 1994 - 162 pages
...types of activities currently underway in each area. 1) Pollution Prevention Pollution prevention is the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the quantity and/or toxicity of waste at the source of generation. One important example of actions underway... | |
| Technology & Engineering - 1995 - 164 pages
...Each Pollution Prevention Activity Pollution prevention (sometimes referred to as source reduction) is the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source. Pollution prevention includes practices that reduce the use of... | |
| Business & Economics - 1995 - 160 pages
...land, and water pollutant releases. Pollution prevention (sometimes referred to as source reduction) is the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source. Pollution prevention includes practices that reduce the use of... | |
| Thomas Elliott Welch - Law - 1997 - 260 pages
...eliminate pollutants or contaminants prior to their generation or their release into the environment. It is the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of waste at the source. Pollution Prevention Hierarchy: The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 established... | |
| Thomas T. Shen - Technology & Engineering - 1999 - 450 pages
...may alter existing manufacturing processes to reduce generation of wastes. Clean technology includes the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes. As the pollution prevention concept has evolved, successful case studies reveal... | |
| David H.F. Liu, Bela G. Liptak - Science - 1999 - 1420 pages
...procedures, or raw materials in the manufacturing process. The EPA defines pollution prevention as "the use of materials, processes or practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source. [It] includes practices that reduce the use of hazardous materials,... | |
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