Cleaner Technologies and Cleaner Products for Sustainable Development [Paperback]

Contributors from twenty-two nations address various projects in their native countries to either develop, demonstrate, or facilitate the adoption of cleaner technologies and cleaner products. Reviewing the environmental situation in their respective countries and discussing the development and adoption of pollution prevention technologies, the authors provide thought-provoking and incisive treatments of the subject. An extremely comprehensive index enables the reader to retrieve focus on the information of interest quickly and efficiently.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Cleaner Technologies and Cleaner Products for Sustainable Development held in Budapest, Hungary, September 12-15,1994Contributors from twenty-two nations address various projects in their native countries to either develop, demonstrate, or facilitate the adoption of cleaner technologies and cleaner products. Reviewing the environmental situation in their respective countries and discussing the development and adoption of pollution prevention technologies, the authors provide thought-provoking and incisive treatments of the subject. An extremely comprehensive index enables the reader to retrieve focus on the information of interest quickly and efficiently.Comparing Cleaner Production Education Programs in The U.S. and in Austria.- Clean Technologies Versus end of Pipe Technologies a Chance for Economies in Transition.- Sustainable Development & Cleaner Production  How Do They Fit Together.- An Overview of The Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Initiative  Canada.- Cleaner Production in The Czech Republic.- Life Cycle Screenings of Two Food Products.- Environmental Situation in Estonia and Possible Pathways for Its Improvement.- Clean Technology Research in Germany: Examples of Implemented Projects.- Research and Development in Clean Technologies in Germany.- How to Prevent Nitrous Gas Emission in Nitric Acid Treatment of Metals.- Emission Reduction of Chlorinated Hydrocarbonsl(