Biotechnology for clean industrial products and processes : towards industrial sustainability.

Industrial biotechnology has come of age: after decades spent in the shadow of two better-known fields, health and agro-food biotechnology, it has emerged into a world where environmental sustainability has become a global concern. However, sustainability and "clean" industrial processes w...

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Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Paris : OECD, 1998.
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245 1 0 |a Biotechnology for clean industrial products and processes :  |b towards industrial sustainability. 
260 |a Paris :  |b OECD,  |c 1998. 
505 0 |a Executive Summary -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Industrial Sustainability and the Role of Biotechnology -- Chapter 2. Current Industrial Applications of Biotechnology -- Chapter 3. Scienc and Technology Trends and Potential -- Chapter 4. Evaluating the Cleanliness of Biotechnological Industrial Products and Processes -- Chapter 5. Public Attitudes and Education -- Chapter 6. National and International Policies -- Chapter 7. Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Annex 1.1. Models of Industrial Sustainability -- Annex 1.2. Novel Clean Chemistry -- Annex 2.1. Recent Biotechnological Developments Addressing the Needs of Process Chemistry -- Annex 2.2. Pulp and Paper -- Annex 2.3. Metals and Minerals -- Annex 4.1. LCA Methodology -- Annex 4.2. LCA Standardisation -- Annex 4.3. Review of Life Cycle Assessments -- Annex 4.4. Research Requirements -- Annex 6. Policies and Legislation in Canada, Japan, and Germany -- Glossary 
520 3 |a Industrial biotechnology has come of age: after decades spent in the shadow of two better-known fields, health and agro-food biotechnology, it has emerged into a world where environmental sustainability has become a global concern. However, sustainability and "clean" industrial processes will not be achieved without a stream of innovations based on science and technology, among which biotechnology will play an important role.This report illustrates how modern process biotechnology is penetrating industrial operations, and highlights its environmental and economic advantages over other technologies. It identifies technical and other bottlenecks, but also emphasizes that industry and governments must act together to address the challenges of industrial sustainability. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
650 0 |a Biotechnology  |x Industrial applications. 
650 0 |a Biotechnology industries. 
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