This monograph consists of manuscripts submitted by invited speakers who
participated in the symposium "Industrial Environmental Chemistry: Waste
Minimization in Industrial Processes and Remediation of Hazardous
Waste," held March 24-26, 1992, at Texas A&M University. This meeting
was the tenth annual international symposium sponsored by the Texas A&M
Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program (IUCCP). The program
was developed by an academic-industrial steering committee consisting of
the co-chairmen, Professors Donald T. Sawyer and Arthur E. Martell of
the Texas A&M University Chemistry Department, and members appointed by
the sponsoring companies: Bernie A. Allen, Jr., Dow Chemical USA; Kirk
W. Brown, Texas A&M University; Abraham Clearfield, Texas A&M
University; Greg Leyes, Monsanto Company; Jay Warner, Hoechst-Celanese
Corporation; Paul M. Zakriski, BF Goodrich Company; and Emile A.
Schweikert, Texas A&M University (IUCCP Coordinator). The subject of
this conference reflects the interest that has developed in academic
institutions and industry for technological solutions to environmental
contamination by industrial wastes. Progress is most likely with
strategies that minimize waste production from industrial processes.
Clearly the key to the protection and preservation of the environment
will be through R&D that optimizes chemical processes to minimize or
eliminate waste streams. Eleven of the papers are directed to waste
minimization. An additional ten papers discuss chemical and biological
remediation strategies for hazardous wastes that contaminate soils,
sludges, and water.
