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This report summarizes the findings of the first phase of a study undertaken to define a role for the Advanced Industrial Concepts (AIC) Division of the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) in developing waste minimization technologies for the industrial sector. The report describes the...
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Program, which is designed to reduce industrial energy use and pollution by reducing the amount of waste materials generated … exert a direct influence on waste reduction per se include the Clean Air Act and the Pollution Prevention Act. 90 refs., 12 …
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This report summarizes the findings of the first phase of a study undertaken to define a role for the Advanced Industrial Concepts (AIC) Division of the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) in developing waste minimization technologies for the industrial sector. The report describes the...
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attempt to benchmark private industries for best-in-class practices in the field of pollution prevention. Defense Programs … private companies minimize waste and prevent pollution. Defense Programs` premier benchmarking study focused on business … practices and process improvements used to implement exceptional pollution prevention programs in four privately owned companies …
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dispatched at lower capacity factors. If SO{sub 2} emission allowance prices go up, a utility may seek to switch into a lower … banking of allowances under uncertainty. It is concluded that the emission banking decisions should not be made in isolation … uncertainty analysis affecting emission banking. …
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This paper examines the relative merits of two dominant economic instruments for reducing pollution—”green” taxes and … other. In practice, however, most countries have relied more on taxes than on permits to control pollution. The analysis … to experiment with tradable permits seems to be growing, especially given the Kyoto protocol emission targets. …
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This report evaluates the New York paper mill industry in terms of the productive management and treatment of solid wastes. It identifies current efforts by recycling mills to beneficially use paper mill residuals (often called sludge) and suggests additional options that should be considered by...
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Claims of property value loss are commonly raised by homeowners when noxious facilities are sited or when new information about the hazards of existing facilities is made public. While the capitalization of externalities into land values is consistent with economic theory, empirical measurement...
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