September 18, Session-8

Special Session 8-1 Cleaner Production Programme (1)

Outline:

This lecture seminar explored the birth of the concept of Cleaner Production and details the importance of Cleaner Production in the sustainability agenda. We examined the need for a business approach which incorporates the strategy and discuss the benefits which may be obtained.

The following important points are made:

(1) The importance of globalisation and the links with sustainable development
(2) How business views sustainable development
(3) Profiting from a sustainable approach
(4) How Cleaner Production was born and what it means
(5) How business benefit from a strategic approach
(6) The UNEP network

Technical Session 8-2 Cleaner Production technology

Outline:

In this session, we highlighted the cleaner production technology (CPT), following the definition of UNEP-TIE and comparing to the end-of-pipe technology (EOP). This covered the CPT's scopes, economical aspects, advantages and CPT's application for the developing countries, giving some examples of Japan's case studies.

In particular, we will learn the substantial case of cleaner production technology on manufacturing process of the chemical plants in People*s Republic of China. The lecturer will give us the significant remarks of the installation of cleaner production.

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