Industrial Ecology: Towards Closing the Materials Cycle

by Robert U. Ayres and Leslie W. Ayres

Examines strategic options for reducing wastes and pollution, and increasing the productivity of materials using an industrial ecology perspective. The volume analyzes 13 generic cases, beginning with four families of metals (aluminium, chromium, copper and zinc), several families of chemicals (phosphates and flourine; sulfur-based, nitrogen-based and chlorine-based), silicon and several different types of waste. The book also discusses opportunities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1858983975
• ISBN13: 9781858983974
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"