Pollution prevention and abatement handbook 1998 : toward cleaner production /

The handbook has been prepared to update and replace the " 1988 Environmental Guidelines. " The handbook is specifically designed to be used in the context of the Bank ' s environmental policies, as set out in Operational Policy (OP) 4.01, " Environmental Assessment, " and r...

• Corporate Authors: Banco Mundial, PNUMA, Organización de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Industrial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1999
• Subjects: CONTAMINACION; LUCHA CONTRA LA CONTAMINACION; PRODUCCION INDUSTRIAL; PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO; POLUCION; CONTAMINACION DEL MEDIO FISICO

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Abbreviations, acronyms, and data notes
• 1. Overview
• 2. Implementing policies in practice: Basic principles
• Setting priorities
• Air quality management
• Water quality management
• Industrial pollution management
• Financing environment
• Global and transboundary issues
• 3. Project guidelines: Pollutants
• Pollutant control technologies
• Industry sector guidelines
• Glossary of environmental terms