Cleaner Production: A Tool for Sustainability in Chemical Industries

Cleaner Production is the continuous application of an integrated preventative environmental strategy to processes, products and services to reduce risks to people and the environment. It is a preventive approach to pollution control and a recognized tool for sustainable economic development. Implementation of cleaner production for the sustainability in chemical industries is highly promising. In this poster the features, focus, progress, and techniques of cleaner production will be presented at first. The benefits of cleaner production to chemical industries and barriers to the implementation will also be addressed. Cleaner production cycle and analytical approaches for cleaner production will be explained. Overseas case studies including the experiences of Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, China and Tunisia on the successful implementation of cleaner production will be demonstrated. A generic framework for cleaner production practice in chemical industries will finally be proposed based on literature reviews and case studies.