Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 379 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781035303298
Content:
Industrial Ecology is perhaps the first serious attempt to go beyond general statements regarding the desirability of 'clean technology' and to assess realistically and quantitatively the range of practicable possibilities for reducing materials extraction, consumption and waste. This major new book examines strategic options for reducing wastes and pollution and increasing the productivity of materials. Using an industrial ecology perspective, the authors analyse thirteen generic cases of material, beginning with four families of metals (aluminium, chromium, copper and zinc), several families of chemicals (phosphates and fluorine; suphur-based, nitrogen-based and chlorine-based), silicon and several different types of waste. Opportunities for creating 'industrial ecosystems' by deliberate design are discussed as well as the use of low-value by-products as feed stocks for useful products. In addition to surveying the technological possibilities, the authors also consider the public interest, institutional barriers and the range of possible alternatives that might be applicable. Environmental scientists, economists, practitioners and policy makers will welcome Industrial Ecology's integrated approach and the emphasis which it places on resource productivity, materials cycle optimization and waste minimization
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and indexes
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Contents: Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Materials perspective -- 2. Resource perspective -- 3. Alumina, aluminum and gallium -- 4. Copper, cobalt, silver and arsenic -- 5. Chromium sources, uses and losses -- 6. Zinc and cadmium -- 7. Sulfur and sulfuric acid -- 8. Phosphorus, fluorine and gypsum -- 9. Nitrogen-based chemicals -- 10. The chlor-alkali sector -- 11. Electronic grade silicon (egs) for semiconductors -- 12. Post-consumer packaging wastes -- 13. Scrap tires -- 14. Coal ash: Sources and possible uses -- 15. On industrial ecosystems -- 16. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Indexes.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781858983974
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als ISBN 9781858983974
Additional Edition:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Ayres, Robert U., 1932 - Industrial ecology Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 1996 ISBN 1858983975
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
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Geography
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General works
Keywords:
Wirtschaftskreislauf
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Umweltschutz
URL:
Deutschlandweit zugänglich
URL:
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