Title: Fugitive emissions control total quality management

Authors: R. L. Berglund

Addresses: Senior Engineering Scientist, Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Company Inc., South Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Abstract: Environmental problems such as control of emissions have become increasingly important for manufacturers, so that, for Union Carbide, they have been elevated to the centre of the company|s policies. This article shows how, through a firm resolve and the application of total quality management, companies can work towards solving these environmental problems.

Keywords: benchmarks; chemical industry; Environmental Protection Agency; EPA; fugitive emissions; leaks; regulations; screening values; total quality management; TQM; emission control; environmental pollution; Union Carbide.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1992.028494

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1992 Vol.2 No.1/2, pp.108 - 121

Published online: 18 Sep 2009 *

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