The issues of waste generation in batch process plants differ in many aspects from those in continuous plants. Despite the smaller-scale of processing, complexities from discontinuities and run-to-run variations make waste minimization in batch plants more challenging. In this paper, we introduce an integrated qualitative-quantitative methodology and decision support system, called Batch-ENVOPE...

Advocates of waste minimization seek to encourage this form of industrial waste management through economic incentives. A review of waste reduction activities between the midnineteenth century and 1970 demonstrates that the influences of pollution control legislation, technological innovation, and cost savings produced only limited achievements when enforced or promoted separately. when governm...

The EAHWM was developed to help Army decision makers find and evaluate viable minimization alternatives to current hazardous waste management practices. This tool has been widely accepted throughout the Army and is being assessed by the US. Navy and the Department of Defense General Supply Center. Law and policy makers in the government and private industry can also use the model to compare min...

Waste minimization in the automotive repair industry is characterized by the large numbers of small quantity generators (SQG) producing solvent, alkaline and detergent hazardous wastes. On-site management of multiple processes which vary depending on the size of shop make the administration of hazardous waste policies particularly complex. This paper presents the quantities and types of hazardo...

The issues of waste generation in batch process plants differ in many aspects to continuous plants. Despite the smaller-scale of processing, complexities from unsteady state profiles, discontinuities, and run-to-run variations make waste minimization in batch plant more challenging. In this paper, we present a systematic methodology for waste minimization analysis of a batch process. The method...

This paper represents the results of ten pollution prevention/waste minimization assessments performed on marine maintenance and commercial printing industries in the Hampton Roads area of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The pollution prevention project is the result of a working partnership (the Partnership) formed between Old Dominion University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering...