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Industry Sector Collections for
Cleaner Production and Pollution Prevention

Text copyright 2006, Cleaner Production International LLC / www.cleanerproduction.com

There is a vast amount of industry-specific information available for CP and P2. It is not possible to provide the best manuals from all of them, but there are some collections of sector-specific information that are useful. These publications usually describe the operations of the industry, significant environmental issues, regulations and standards, CP and P2 solutions, and often include links to other information resources.

  • World Bank Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook
    The World Bank and International Finance Corporation.
    This includes short chapters on about 50 industry sectors with descriptions of operations, environmental issues, relevant environmental standards and some CP solutions.


  • Sector Notebooks
    US Environmental Protection Agency.
    The most comprehensive collection of its kind, covering 30 industries, each Notebook provides extensive information about operations, environmental issues and regulations, CP and P2 solutions, and additional information resources.
     
  • Asian Sectors Sustainability Reports
    Association for Responsible Investment in Asia.  2006.  9 reports in zip file.
    Unique evaluation of the state of "sustainability" within 9 major industrial sectors in Asia, such as auto, technology, mining, and also supply chain and Environment/Governance/Society, or the state of responsible management in general.  Funded by the International Finance Corporation, each reports concludes with recommended questions that investors should ask of Asian partners.  Since everything is going to be made in Asia one day it seems, these are relevant to anyone doing business with Asia.


  • Emission Estimation Technique Manuals
    Environment Australia
    These Manuals cover about 50 industries and also some common operations such as vehicle driving.  They describe the procedures and recommended approaches for estimating emissions from facilities and various practices.

  • Cleaner Production Information Clearinghouse Database
    United Nations Environment Programme.
    This is a database program that includes over 300 case studies of CP in a wide range of industries. It also includes databases of CP publications and organizations.

  • Checklists for Pollution Prevention and Environmental Impact Reduction
    US Environmental Protection Agency.
    These checklists cover more than 30 types of development for which an Environmental Impact Assessment is often required. They ask questions to guide consideration of CP and P2 options to reduce impacts.

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