Waste minimization as a strategic weapon

• Main Author: Ciambrone, David F (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla. Lewis Publishers 1995
• Subjects: Industrial management > Environmental aspects; Waste minimization
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• Physical Description: 262 pages illustration 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781566701358

Waste Minimization as a Strategic Weapon provides guidance on how to design, implement, evaluate, and maintain a waste minimization program. It describes how waste reduction programs can be successfully coordinated into company procedures, while simultaneously improving that company's bottom line. It illustrates how to set goals and metrics for a waste minimization program, how to determine the progress of such a program, and how to calculate the true costs of environmental compliance. The underlying assumption is that waste is a manageable resource, and can therefore be turned into profit when managed appropriately. This comprehensive new book ties together the various systems, listed below, into a cohesive waste minimization program called Environmental Resources Management (ERM):