Guide for Industrial Waste Management
Guide for Industrial Waste Management

Author: Birute Vanatta

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000-12

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 0756705703

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Designed to assist facility managers, state & tribal environmental managers, & the public to evaluate & choose protective practices for managing industrial waste in new landfills, waste piles, surface impoundments, & land application units. Identifies the components of a sound waste management system & the reasons why each is important. Also includes groundwater & air models, as well as other tools to help tailor waste management practices to a particular facility. This guidance reflects 4 underlying principles: protect human health & the environment; tailor management practices to risks; affirm state & tribal leadership; & foster a partnership.

Mechanisms for Public Participation in Economic Decision-making
Mechanisms for Public Participation in Economic Decision-making

Author: Jean Roy

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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This document examines the possibilities for public participation in determining the shape of the financial services sector. It first describes the social context surrounding public participation and the scope of such an undertaking. It then reviews public participation in the non-financial sector, focusing on the environment, communications, energy, and transportation. Possible mechanisms for public participation in the financial sector in the United States, Europe, and Australia are also reviewed. On the basis of that overview, the possibilities for public participation in the Canadian financial sector are evaluated, particularly from the point of view of the proposed mergers of major financial institutions. The concluding section identifies the most promising elements and proposes avenues for further action.

Sustainability and the U.S. EPA
Sustainability and the U.S. EPA

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2011-09-08

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0309212553

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Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment. The environment provides the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Recognizing the importance of sustainability to its work, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to create programs and applications in a variety of areas to better incorporate sustainability into decision-making at the agency. To further strengthen the scientific basis for sustainability as it applies to human health and environmental protection, the EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to provide a framework for incorporating sustainability into the EPA's principles and decision-making. This framework, Sustainability and the U.S. EPA, provides recommendations for a sustainability approach that both incorporates and goes beyond an approach based on assessing and managing the risks posed by pollutants that has largely shaped environmental policy since the 1980s. Although risk-based methods have led to many successes and remain important tools, the report concludes that they are not adequate to address many of the complex problems that put current and future generations at risk, such as depletion of natural resources, climate change, and loss of biodiversity. Moreover, sophisticated tools are increasingly available to address cross-cutting, complex, and challenging issues that go beyond risk management. The report recommends that EPA formally adopt as its sustainability paradigm the widely used "three pillars" approach, which means considering the environmental, social, and economic impacts of an action or decision. Health should be expressly included in the "social" pillar. EPA should also articulate its vision for sustainability and develop a set of sustainability principles that would underlie all agency policies and programs.