Waste from Industry and Commercial Activity

Industrial revolution was the beginning of many comforts in life and so as an array of problems to society. Rapid economic growth as well as industrial development in the latter half of the twentieth century in many OECD nations led to a rise in wasteWaste from industry. As industries started relocating to developing countries, the environmental problems associated with industry are also changing. Industrializing nations have not yet developed appropriate systems to cope with waste from industries. Industrial wasteIndustrial waste streams contain a wider variety and more concentrated form of hazardous materials requiring special technologies and handling procedures for them. A preventive and integrated industrial wasteIndustrial waste management plan can help industrializing nations to avoid the negative impacts and reap significant economic environmental and social benefits. In addressing these issues this chapter deals with wasteWaste streams from major industries and concepts/techniques to manage them.