Sustainable Engineering: Discuss The Pollution Prevention Features

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Sustainable Engineering
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Terms and definitions for environmental management provide definitions for the following terms:
Pollution prevention
Pollution prevention refers to all the activities associated with the elimination, reduction and prevention of pollution at the source, and extends to waste, management.
Source reduction
Source reduction refers to the prevention approaches that target waste management where there is less waste at the source.
In-Process versus on-site versus off-site recycling
In-process recycling practices can qualify as pollution prevention and efforts to process associated with recycling and decontamination of the excess process products targeting waste treatment, recycling and productive reuse. On-site versus off-site recycling refers to recycling at the location or site compared to recycling carried out in another location other than the site.
Waste treatment
This is the management of waste to make it less hazardous in a waste treatment unit and facilities, which are cleaned and monitored before the waste is disposed.
Disposal
Disposal is the final destruction or placement of the radioactive or toxic waste including chemicals, polluted soils, banned pesticides and drums containing the hazardous materials for accidental release or removal actions.
Direct release
This is the discharge of waste without treating it, and especially when there is low risk of contamination as the contaminants are below the EPA levels.
Solvent recovery operation in the automobile industry. Categorize the following solvent recovery operation in terms of the waste management hierarchy. Discuss the pollution prevention features of this process. Assess whether this process is pollution prevention.
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