THE GREENING OF INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- THE GREENING OF INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems: Overview and Perspective -- INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY-A SYSTEMS APPROACH -- INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND ITS CONTEXT -- Understanding Industrial Ecology -- The Context of Industrial Ecology -- EMERGING COMPANY PRACTICES -- Taking a Life Cycle Approach -- Getting at the "Total Environmental Costs" in a Firm -- Shifting to Selling the Function of the Product -- EDUCATION NEEDS AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Understanding Industrial Ecology and Its Context -- Industrial Metabolism: Theory and Policy -- THE MATERIALS CYCLE -- MEASURES OF INDUSTRIAL METABOLISM -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL METABOLISM PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- REFERENCE -- Energy and Industrial Ecology -- DISSIPATIVE MATERIALS FLOWS FROM FOSSIL FUEL USE -- BENEFITS OF ENERGY ABUNDANCE -- TRENDS IN ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY -- OPPOSITION TO ENERGY ABUNDANCE -- FUTURE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND UTILIZATION TRENDS -- FOSSIL FUEL RESERVES, RESOURCES, AND CONSUMPTION -- FOSSIL FUELS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENERGY SECTOR -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCE -- Input-Output Analysis and Industrial Ecology -- THE QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED -- CASE STUDIES -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Wastes as Raw Materials -- OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL AND POSTCONSUMER WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT -- FLOWS OF SELECTED METALS IN INDUSTRIAL WASTES -- DILUTION DETERMINES RECYCLABILITY -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Economics and Sustainable Development -- KEY CONCEPTUAL ISSUES -- THE SAFE MINIMUM STANDARD -- REFERENCE -- From Voluntary to Regulatory Pollution Prevention -- POLLUTION PREVENTION: A CRITICAL REAPPRAISAL -- POLLUTION PREVENTION AS A NEW REGULATORY TECHNIQUE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

International Environmental Law and Industrial Ecology -- INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- MOVING BEYOND "COMMAND-AND-CONTROL" IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- Preference for Market Structure and Market-Based Approaches -- Negotiation and Other Confidence-Building Efforts -- Internalizing Environmental Costs -- Precautionary Principle -- Pollution Prevention -- Recycling and Reuse Requirements -- Incentives -- Technology Transfer -- Ecosystem Approach -- Eco-Labeling -- Environmental Assessments -- IMPEDIMENTS TO SYSTEMS APPROACHES IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- International inertia -- The Lack of an International Enforcement Mechanism -- Finite Economic Resources -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOTES -- Industrial Ecology: The Role of Government -- BARRIERS TO CHANGE -- ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY CHANGES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH -- A FOCUS ON FUNCTION -- THE CHALLENGE OF GOVERNANCE -- THE NEED FOR INFORMATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- EMERGING INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE -- Integrating Environment and Technology: Design for Environment -- DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT -- IMPLEMENTING DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT -- DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT: TESTING THE SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Preventing Pollution and Seeking Environmentally Preferable Alternativesin the U.S. Air Force -- DOD PROGRAM POLICY AND OBJECTIVES -- LAUNCHING A NEW AIR FORCE POLICY -- HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AIR FORCE POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM -- POLLUTION PREVENTION MEANS CULTURAL CHANGE -- Education and Training -- Financial Incentives -- Performance Incentives -- Changing External Behavior -- The Instrument of Change-The Government Contract -- Buying Commercial Products -- ACQUIRING "GREEN" WEAPONS SYSTEMS: MILSPECS AND MILSTDS -- CHANGING MILSPECS AND MILSTDS -- THE NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE -- SUMMARY.

Designing the Modern Automobile for Recycling -- INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS -- REGULATORY ASPECTS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCE -- Greening the Telephone: A Case Study -- DEFINING "GREEN" -- ORGANIZING THE GREEN TEAM -- GREEN BASELINE -- Design -- Manufacture -- Use -- End-of-Life -- THE NEXT STEPS -- The Utilization-Focused Service Economy: Resource Efficiency and Product-Life Extension -- CHANGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD -- RECYCLING -- MORE CHANGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD -- TO SUMMARIZE -- REFERENCES -- Zero-Loss Environmental Accounting Systems -- THE INCENTIVE CLIMATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING -- Internal Accounting -- Financial Accounting and Reporting -- Regulatory Oversight Agencies -- Managers -- ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM COMPONENTS -- Traditional Cost Accounting Systems -- An Environmentally "Enlightened" Cost Accounting System -- Implications of Industrial Ecology for Firms -- MAKING THE CONCEPT OPERATIONAL -- FUTURE CHALLENGES -- REFERENCES -- Design for Environment: An R&D Manager's Perspective -- THREE EXPERIENCES -- The Cost Reduction Experience -- The CFC Elimination Experience -- The Solder Dross Experience -- CONCLUSIONS FROM THE THREE EXPERIENCES -- REFERENCES -- Education And Research Needs -- The Two Faces of Technology: Changing Perspectives in Design for Environment -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: FRANKLIN AND THOREAU -- RETHINKING DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT -- TRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Industrial Ecology and Design for Environment: The Role of Universities -- A PUTATIVE INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY FRAMEWORK -- SELECTED RESEARCH EXAMPLES -- CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE TOWER -- EDUCATION -- INTERVENING IN THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Biographical Data -- Index.