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Contents

Acknowledgments ix
About the author xi
Introduction xiii

1 CURRENT PRACTICE AND FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Waste management 1
1.3 Treatment 3
1.4 Incineration 6
1.5 Landfill 11
1.6 Zero pollution and 7Rs rule 12
1.7 Life cycle analysis and extended producer responsibility 13
1.8 Cradle-to-cradle concept 16
Questions 18

2 CLEANER PRODUCTION 21
2.1 Introduction 21
2.2 Promoting cleaner production 22
2.3 Benefits of cleaner production 23
2.4 Obstacles to cleaner production and solutions 24
2.5 Cleaner production techniques 25
2.6 Cleaner production opportunity assessment 29
2.7 Cleaner production case studies 30
Questions 84

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