Prentice Hall's six volume Environmental Technology series of textbooks is specifically designed to meet the Partners for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) curriculum guidelines now established for courses in the Environmental Hazardous Materials Technology (EHMT) and Environmental Technology Associates Degree Programs.
Volume 6 provides the reader with general concepts of pollution prevention and then supports those concepts with case studies of fourteen common industrial waste streams. The list of waste streams includes: General Manufacturing, Metal Finishing, Electroplating, Printed Circuit Board Production, Construction Waste Streams, Printing and Reprographics, Laboratory & Composite Wastes, Nuclear Energy Production, Cosmetics and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Chemical Manufacturing, Pesticide Production and End Users, The Paper & Pulp Industry, Hospital Waste Streams, and Wood Preserving.