Waste Minimization as a Strategic Weapon provides guidance on how to design, implement, evaluate, and maintain a waste minimization program. It describes how waste reduction programs can be successfully coordinated into company procedures, while simultaneously improving that company's bottom line. It illustrates how to set goals and metrics for a waste minimization program, how to determine the progress of such a program, and how to calculate the true costs of environmental compliance. The underlying assumption is that waste is a manageable resource, and can therefore be turned into profit when managed appropriately.This comprehensive new book ties together the various systems, listed below, into a cohesive waste minimization program called Environmental Resources Management (ERM):

Table of Contents:
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Introduction
Waste Minimization
The Understanding
How Does it Work?
Management
Waste Minimization Programs
Training
Implementation Concepts for Management
Total Quality Management/Just-in-Time Manufacturing/Environmental Resources Management
Design For The Environment
Why
Engineers and Manufacturing
Design for Assembly/Design for Environment Concepts
Environmental Index
Life Cycle Analysis
Summary
Environmentally Responsible Factory Process
Introduction
Waste Minimization Programs
Systems Approach
Site Characteristics
Chemical Consumption Determination
Hazardous Index Development
Prioritization
Process Evaluation
Recommendations and Implementations
EPA-Type Approach
Assessment
Feasibility Analysis
Technical Evaluation
Economic Evaluation
Implementation
Steps Toward Implementation
Good Operating Practices
Time Line Concept
Solid Waste Management
Introduction
Sampling Plan
Sampling Procedure
Identifying Markets for Recyclables
Total Quality Management and the Environmental Factory Process
Introduction
Getting Started
Synchronous Manufacturing and the Environmental Factory Process
Introduction
How Does One Start a Synchronous Manufacturing Program?
Kan Ban
The Green Company
Growing toward Green
Energy Reduction
Summary
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT INTRODUCTION
The Facility Compliance Audit
Introduction
Preaudit Activities
Audit Team Selection
Audit Notification
Audit Plan
Regulatory Review and Update
Preaudit Questionnaire
Audit Checklist
Preparing for the Audit
On-Site Audit Activities
Record and Document Review
Staff Interviews
Facility Inspection
The Exit Debriefing
Postaudit Activities
The Audit Report
The Environmental Management System Audit
Introduction
Government guidelines
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Justice
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
References
Index