CONTENTS Foreword by Prof. M.M. Sharma vii Foreword by Shri Arvind Agarwal, IAS ix Preface xi Author's Profile xiii From the Publisher xv Section 1 Environmental Management 1 1.1 Environmental Management : Some Issue and Policies 1 1.2 Environmental Issues and Mitigation Challenges 9 1.3 Zero Waste for Sustainable Development: Path to Destination - Some Thoughts 11 1.4 Corporate Social Responsibility - a Case Study 14 1.5 Sustainable Industrial Development 20 1.6 Tasks Ahead on the Environmental Front- Gujarat in the New Millennium 24 1.7 Environment 2010 26 1.8 Environmental Impact Assessment: an Overview 28 1.9 Regional Environmental Planning and Water Shed Management 35 1.10 Gujarat- Initiatives on Environmental Management 37 1.11 Partnership in Environment Protection 41 1.12 Environmental Audit 43 1.13 Energy Conservation, Environmental Protection and Utilization of Carbon Dioxide 44 1.14 Energy Efficiency and Environment Protection 53 1.15 Energy Conservation and Environmental Control 54 1.16 Energy Management Capacity Building 57 1.17 Promotion of Cleaner Production for Industrial Pollution Abatement in Gujarat (India) 59 1.18 Cleaner Technology Development- Some Practical Steps for Developing Countries 67 1.19 Industrial Pollution Prevention and Control 70 1.20 Cleaner Production for Industrial Pollution Abatement - Gujarat Experience 73 1.21 Implementation of CP/CT and Pollution Abatement Measures 78 1.22 Issues Facing Indian Industry in Implementing Cleaner Production 82 1.23 Improving Productivity and Ensuring Environmental Compliance 85 1.24 Paracetamol - an Analysis of Technologies for Cleaner Production 87 1.25 Acetaminophen Production Technologies - a Review and Analysis of Cleaner Technologies 90 1.26 H-acid : a Review and Analysis of Cleaner Production 96 1.27 Cleaner Production of H-acid 103 1.28 Malonates - a Review and Analysis of Cleaner Production 107 1.29 Cleaner Production of Malonates - Analysis and Recommendations 112 1.30 Hazardous Waste Management: Cleaner Production/Waste Minimization 114 1.31 Waste Management Challenges 127 1.32 Waste Minimization - Gujarat Experience 128 1.33 Out of the Landfill - Hazardous Waste Management 130 1.34 Upgrading Professional Practice Through Total Quality 132 1.35 REACH 137 1.36 Water Management: Domestic Wastewater - a Promising Water Resource 139 1.37 Solvents Recovery in Bulk Drugs Production 144 1.38 Integrated Environmental Management of the Gulf of Kachchh (India) 148 1.39 Marine Resources and Integrated Management 152 1.40 Coastal Zone Management of Gujarat 152 Section2 Pollution Control 2.1 Common Environmental Infrastructure for Industrial Development 161 2.2 Common Environmental Infrastructure: Case Study on the Management of Common Effluent Treatment Plants 163 2.3 Current Scenario in Gujarat on Waste /Wastewater Management 171 2.4 Energy Management and Optimization in Wastewater Treatment Plants 177 2.5 Chemical Industry Wastewater Treatment Using Adsorption 179 2.6 Treatment of Wastewater Pollutants from Direct Dyes 185 2.7 Mixed Streams Wastewater Treatment Using Adsorption 193 2.8 Wastewater Treatment from Dyes Manufacture Using Adsorption 200 2.9 Adsorption of Pollutants from Effluent Streams of Paracetamol Manufacture 207 2.10 Pollution Abatement Strategies 212 2.11 Air Pollution Control Activities in India 214 Section3 Loss Prevention 217 3.1 Control Technology to Reduce Accidents in Chemical Industry 217 3.2 Control Technology to Reduce Accidents in Chemical Industry 220 3.3 Control Technology for Risk Reduction 225 3.4 Dust Explosion - a Case Study 228 Section4 Industrial Development 233 4.1 Challenges for Indian Chemical Industry in 2020 233 4.2 Gujarat: Destination for Major Investments in Chemical Industry 236 4.3 Challenges for the Indian Chemical Industry after Globalization 243 4.4 Some Policy Aspects for Growth 246 4.5 Chemical Industry in Gujarat: a State of Art Survey 251 4.6 Will Gujarat put a 'House full' board for Chemical Industry ? 259 4.7 Potential of Inorganic Chemicals in Gujarat 263 4.8 Gujarat Advancing in Petrochemicals 266 4.9 Chemical Industry Opportunities in Gujarat 268 4.10 Acetic Acid from Methanol 271 4.11 Syn Gas Products 273 4.12 Nitrophosphatic Fertilizers 274 4.13 Carbon Black Industry 276 4.14 Sulphuric Acid Industry in Gujarat 278 4.15 Applications of Furan Resins 280 4.16 Applications of Glyoxal 287 4.17 Kinetics of Resinification of Furfuryl Alcohol in Aqueous Solution 292 4.18 Kinetics of Solution Polymerization of Furfuryl Alcohol 296 4.19 Texturizing Industry in Gujarat 298 4.20 Modernization of Man-made Textile Processing Units 300 4.21 Modernization of Plastic Processing Industry 305 4.22 Modernization of Plastic Processing Industry 308 4.23 Injection Moulding of Plastics 311 Section 5 Small Scale Industry 313 5.1 Small-Scale Chemical Industry in Gujarat Structure, Conduct and Performance 313 5.2 Challenging Times Ahead for Small Scale Chemical Industry 321 5.3 Crucial Role of SSI 323 5.4 Small Scale Chemical Industry in Gujarat - Some Attributes 325 Section 6 Management 333 6.1 ISO 9000 Series 333 6.2 Technology Transfer 337 6.3 Engineering Education : Some Random Thoughts on Chemical Engineering Education in Gujarat 341 6.4 Chemical Industry vis-a-vis Chemical Engineering Education 345 6.5 A New Medium Scale Firm - a Case Study 347 6.6 How to Frustrate Your Subordinate 350 6.7 Frustration Among Employees 353 6.8 Project Management : Practices and Views 356 Index 363