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New Directions in Managing Hazardous Wastes from an Industry Perspective
Author(s) -
JOHNSON LYNN D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1371.056
Subject(s) - dispose pattern , hazardous waste , business , waste management , perspective (graphical) , extended producer responsibility , waste disposal , household hazardous waste , hierarchy , municipal solid waste , waste collection , operations management , engineering , mobile incinerator , economics , computer science , market economy , artificial intelligence
In past decades waste was left to the lowest level of staff to dispose of at the lowest cost. Today, business managers in leading companies consider waste to be part of their responsibility. There is money to be made by eliminating waste problems. Leading companies are moving to the top of the waste disposal hierarchy and eliminating waste for themselves and their customers.