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This paper is a review of various articles and documents on development of waste management
approaches in industries. It provides information on advancement of waste management
approaches as human awareness to environment increases and demonstrates the benefits of
proactive waste management measures in industries. Most polluting industries in the world
were established by the time the earth had the capacity to provide raw materials and absorb
wastes. However, with increasing industrialization and urbanization virgin raw materials
seriously declined and waste loads dramatically increased. As a result waste management
strategies progressively evolved. In 1960s waste avoidance measures through foul and flee,
dilute and disperse, concentrate and contain; in 1970s purification units at the end of emission
pipes; in 1980s resource recovery through recycling and energy saving strategies were used as
solutions to the problem of wastes on the environment. Furthermore, from 1990s onwards
proactive measures by Cleaner Production technologies focusing on the source of waste
generation to reduce, reuse and recycle wastes into valuable resources became the best
solution for sustainable management of wastes and to enhance the performance of industries.
Cleaner production technologies assured marvelous evidences for sustainable development by
allowing industries to produce more efficiently and gain incredible economic, environmental
and social benefits with less input utilization and less environmental impacts.
Keywords: Cleaner production, environment, industries, waste and pollution, waste management
INTRODUCTION
Most polluting industries in the world were established in
the era of abundant raw materials, less competition for
energy, and limitless sinks for waste disposal (Hart and
Milstein, 1999). However, as human population increased
with continuous civilization and improvements of living
standards, the demand for resources and services
correspondingly increased. As industrialization continued
to fulfill these demands, it also put significant pollution
burdens on earth and developed consuming large
quantities of virgin resources at an increasing rate (Hart
and Milstein, 2003; Nowosielski et al., 2007). Due to lack
of recognition to waste problems on the environment, no
th
action was taken until mid 20 century (UNIDO, 2002).
Hence, the pollution from increasing urbanization and
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Table 1. Leachate Seepage from Landfills in to the Aquifer and its Associated Costs (Million Dollars) at Lebanon in 2012
(Sherif and Fadi (2014).
Input
Unit
ton/day
3
ton/m
3
m /day
%
3
m /day
%
3
m /day
3
m /day
3
m /year
3
US$/m
3
US$/m
3
US$/m
US$ Million
US$ Million
US$ Million
Naameh
Landfill
2,211
0.30
7,468
50%
3,734
2%
50
3,734
1,362,914
7
15
8
11.5
Hbaline
Landfill
108
0.30
364
50%
182
10%
50
909
331,955
7
15
8
2.8
Total
2,318
0.30
7,832
50%
3,916
2%-10%
50
4,643
1,694,870
7
15
8
14.3
5.5
65.4
Table 2. Land Devoted for Waste Dumps and Costs of Passive Dumps at Lebanon in 2012
st
nd
Area
(m2)
10% losses 1
Ring
over
#
years
of
existence
(US $ million)
4% Losses 2
Ring over
#
years
of
Existence
(US $ million)
Total
Over
#
years
of
Existence (US$
million)
265,756
415,630
681,386
9.5
42.3
51.8
44.1
206.1
250.2
53.6
248.4
302.0
241.6
362.4
32,925
122,500
1.3
5.5
7.1
27.3
8.3
32.6
155,425
6.8
40.9
40.9
32.7
49.1
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Table 3. Recycling and Recovery of Packaging Waste in France in 2009. Cabral et al., (2013)
a
b
Material
Packaging Waste
Generated (Ton)
Glass
Plastic
Paper/Cardboard
Metals
Wood
Total
3,133,377
2,046,728
4,283,537
717,684
2,641,660
12,822,986
Total
a
Recycling
(Ton)
1,966,000
460,540
3,721,400
432,289
500
7,080,229
Total
b
Recovery
(Ton)
1,966,000
1,167,525
4,124,698
437,088
673
8,368,311
Recycling
Rate (%)
Recovery
Rate (%)
62.7
22.5
86.9
60.2
18.9
55.2
62.7
57.0
96.3
60.9
25.5
65.2
Total recycling includes material recycling and other forms of recycling like composting.
Total recovery includes total recycling and incineration with energy recovery.
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Table 4. Economical and Environmental Benefits of Chandaria Industrial Ltd. from Cleaner Production System (UNIDO-UNEP,
2010)
Benefits
Economic
Investment
(USD)
Cost
saving
(USD/yr)
4,802
260,000
Resource Use
Reduction in energy use,
water
use
and/or
materials use /yr
Reduced 5,367,429 kwh
Water
Management
216,000
Material
Management
352,000
Total of all
633,600
Principal Options
Implemented
Energy
Management
Reductions in materials
use: 3,200 tons
Better
quality
raw
material
Pollution Generated
Reduction in waste water, air
emissions
and/or
waste
generation/yr
Reduced air emissions: 1,456 ton
CO2-eq.
Reduction in waste water
Reduced pollution load to sewer:
BOD from 750mg/l to 380 mg/l
Reductions in waste generation:
900 tons
Reduced sludge disposal
Table 5. Economic and Environmental Benefits of MTALEXACTO Lead Refining Company, Peru, from Cleaner Production
System (UNIDO-UNEP, 2010)
Benefits
Principal
Implemented
Options
Economic
Resource Use
Investmen
t (USD)
Cost
(USD/yr)
2,470
16,986
sold)
450 (fuel)
965
1,215
280
184
3,715
18,835
saving
(lead
Reduction
in
energy
use,
water use and/or
materials use /yr
Additional
recovery of 34.7
tons of lead
Decrease
of
residual oil use
by 2.66%
Decrease
of
electricity use by
5,760MJ
Pollution
Generated
Reduction
in
waste water, air
emissions and/or
waste
generation/yr
19% less lead in
the
slag,
decreased waste
quantity
Reduced
air
emission
by
almost 240 tons
CO2 eq.
CONCLUSION
These days the number of industries radically increased
and the environment seriously exhausted due to hostile
resource use and venomous waste dumps. As a result
waste management strategy became an important issue.
Waste management strategies started very late in 1960s
and evolved stepwise as human awareness about the
environment increased. Passive waste management
strategy focusing on waste ignorance or escaping and
reactive waste management strategy through controlling
wastes after they are generated cannot solve the ever
increasing environmental pollution. However, proactive
waste management strategies based on Cleaner
Production system focusing on waste prevention through
source reduction, reuse and recycle allows higher
resource use efficiency, elevated energy saving, and
excellent working environment. Due to the implantation of
proactive waste management strategy, numerous
industries in the world such as the CHANDARRIA
INDUSTRIAL LTD, METALEXACTO and PAC Food
Supplies are gaining marvelous economic, social and
environmental benefits. Therefore, proactive waste
management plan by Cleaner Production technologies is
the best waste management strategy in the world.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors acknowledged the contributions of Dr. Bipin
J. Agrawal, Abdelnaser Omran, Lupita Cabrera, Arvind
Kumar Jha, Dr. Md. Redwanur Rahman, Dr. Isam AlKarkhi, Surya Prakash Chandak, Dr. Rosario Garca
Gimnez, Dr. Manfred Fehr, Nirmal K. Patel and Prof. Dr.
Rajiv K Sinha for donating their time, critical evaluation,
constructive comments, and invaluable assistance toward
the improvement of this very manuscript.
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