Tracking toxic substances at industrial facilities: engineering mass balance versus materials accounting
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Commission on Life Sciences / Committee to Evaluate Mass Balance Information for Facilities Handling Toxic Substances
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309040860
Date de publication :
1 févr. 1990
Dimensions :
27,9 x 21,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines whether knowing the amounts of toxic substances entering and leaving manufacturing facilities is useful in evaluating chemical releases to the environment, waste reduction progress, and chemical management practices. In this book, tracking of these substances with engineering data is compared with a less resource-intensive alternative.