The Management of hazardous substances in the environment /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by K.L. Zirm, J. Mayer.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York :
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Published on behalf of the International Society for Environmental Protection by Elsevier Applied Science,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990.
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1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages) :
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illustrations
GENERAL NOTES
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"Selected papers presented at Envirotech Vienna 1989, First International ISEP Congress, Vienna, Austria, on 20-22 February 1989"-
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover -- THE MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 -- Environmental Policy: Strategies and International Cooperation -- 2 -- The Contribution of the Council of Europe Towards the Elaboration of a Policy and of Instruments for the Protection of the Environment -- INTRODUCTION -- POLICIES -- INSTRUMENTS -- 3 -- Chemical Assessment, Information Exchange and the International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) -- INTRODUCTION -- MAIN ACTIVITIES OF IRPTC -- RELATIONSHIP OF IRPTC TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 -- Environmental Hazard Assessment of Anthropogenic Chemicals -- INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL CRITERIA -- WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD? -- PRINCIPLES OF SCORING SYSTEMS -- ADVANCED HAZARD ASSESSMENT -- EXTREMELY TOXIC AND PERSISTENT CHEMICALS -- REFERENCES -- 5 -- Trends in Environmental Hazard and Risk Assessment of Chemicals -- INTRODUCTION -- ASSESSMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF MARINE POLLUTION -- RISK ASSESSMENT OF SPECIFIC CHEMICALS -- ACCEPTABLE/UNACCEPTABLE EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC CHEMICALS -- RISK ASSESSMENT OF MARINE EUTROPHICATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 6 -- Managing the Environment: Role and Duties of the Chemical Industry in an International Context -- 7 -- Recent Developments in Pollution Control Technology for Boilers, Furnaces and Incinerators -- FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION (FGD) -- NO -- POLLUTION CONTROL FOR INCINERATORS -- CO -- REFERENCES -- 8 -- Wastewater Treatment Technologies -- INTRODUCTION -- CHANGING TREATMENT OBJECTIVES -- OVERALL TREATMENT PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE -- BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES -- NUTRIENT REMOVAL -- TREATMENT OF TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS ORGANICS -- NON-CONVENTIONAL PROCESS CONFIGURATION AND SEQUENCES -- SLUDGE TREATMENT -- 9 -- Water Pollution Control with Special Reference to Wastewater Treatment -- INTRODUCTION -- A SIMPLE SYSTEM REPRESENTING WATER POLLUTION CONTROL -- FLOWS OF MATTER AND FEEDBACKS IN THE SYSTEM -- AN EXAMPLE CASE: NITROGEN -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10 -- New Trends in Clean Technologies: Non-Polluting Recycling Technologies. Legislative and Institutional Initiatives in the USA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 11 -- Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management -- CLASSIFICATION OF WASTES -- WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION -- DEFINITION OF HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTES -- STRATEGY AGAINST HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTES -- SETTING OF DISPOSAL LEVELS -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN CRITERIA -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 12 -- Monitoring and Control of Transfrontier Movements of Hazardous Wastes: An International Overview -- BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM -- FORCES ACTING TO PROMOTE TRANSFRONTIER MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES -- ACTIONS BEING TAKEN TO MONITOR AND CONTROL TRANSFRONTIER MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES -- PROGNOSTICATIONS CONCERNING THE NEAR-TERM FUTURE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: SOME COMMENTS CONCERNING HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES FACED BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 13 -- Reducing Corporate Environmental Liabilities with a Complete Environmental Management and Protection System: A Guide for Directors, Officers and Managers of Manufacturing Corporations on How to Avoid Environmental Suit.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Selected papers presented at Envirotech Vienna 1989, First International ISEP Congress, Vienna, Austria, on 20-22 February 1989.
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Title
Management of hazardous substances in the environment.