Identification of Cleaner Production Improvement Opportunities

This book is a practical how-to manual for implementing the best pollution prevention strategies that are economical and efficient for eliminating costly end-of-pipe treatments. The author, Dr. Kenneth L. Mulholland, focuses on eliminating pollution at the source in order to achieve zero pollution and waste, thus lowering treatment costs. The strategies introduced in the book are based on actual case studies and promise to reduce waste generation by 40-50% with corresponding cost savings.The thrust of Dr. Mulholland's method is, "Instead of starting from the front of the process, start with the waste streams and move backward through the process and ask different questions of the same process information. Then, your views change completely." This offers a fresh perspective in identifying and evaluating alternative cleaner production strategies.

Kenneth Mulholland, PHD, is currently of the consulting firm Kenneth Mulholland & Associates. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering and is a registered professional engineer. He received the DuPont Safety, Health, and Environmental Excellence Award and has two patents. He is chair of AIChE's Environmental Division. During his thirty years at  DuPont, Dr. Mulholland focused on developing effective pollution prevention methodologies and incorporating cleaner production and waste minimization. These methods have since been further applied and fine-tuned across varied industrial processes.