The Challenge of Hazardous Waste Management in a Sustainable Environment: Insights from... - 0 views
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Amy Cade on 15 Jun 09New and pending regulations requiring product take-back by manufacturers at the time of disposal are intended to create a new era of industrial ecology and environmental sustainability. However, the intended benefits of the current legislation can be confounded by obsolescence in product design based upon advances in science and technology and also by the introduction of more environmentally benign product designs.