Abstract
ABSTRACT
Since 1981, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) has conducted an annual hazardous waste survey of its member companies. These data, which are obtained voluntarily, are used to characterize industry's response to waste concerns. The data are particularly valuable for establishing temporal trends. For example the data indicate that generation of hazardous solid waste has decreased by 29% from 1981 to 1989 for consistent survey respondents. Such trend analyses can only be obtained if companies respond every year, so, beginning with the 1990 data, participation in the survey becomes mandatory for CMA member facilities as part of the Responsible Care® Pollution Prevention Code of Practice. The data cited in this paper are drawn directly from the database.
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