Study challenges conventional wisdom about end-of-pipe waste treatment
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 09:31
in Earth & Climate
End-of-pipe (EOP) treatment is any system that processes waste before discharging it to the environment, including waste burning, recycling and chemical treatment. Received wisdom is that introducing EOP treatment in a production process has two downsides: It diminishes workers' awareness of waste and ability to identify its root causes and it reduces incentives to eliminate waste.