Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization: A Systems Approach

Implement successful solid waste analysis and minimization strategies

Provide sustainable solutions to solid waste issues with help from this hands-on guide. Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization: A Systems Approach offers up-to-date technical details on current and potential solid waste minimization practices. This authoritative resource presents a framework for the proper application of solid waste analysis tools, and demonstrates the benefits in terms of environmental impact, process efficiencies, and financial enhancement. Twenty-one real-world case studies covering all industries, from manufacturing to service facilities, are included.

Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization: A Systems Approach covers:

U.S. and international waste generation rates

Industrial ecology, solid waste exchanges, and recycling

Environmental, economic, corporate image, personal, and social benefits of solid waste management and minimization

Solid waste assessment strategies and launch plans

The Six Sigma systems approach for deployment

Metrics and performance measurement for solid waste management

Documentation and development of the deployment plan

Implementation and execution of the solid waste minimization plan

Communicating and leveraging success

Solid waste modeling, research, and data collection

Characterization by business activities

Estimation, prediction, and evaluation