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MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit I Scholarly Activity

Select two out of the three writing prompts listed below. Your responses to your two chosen prompts should be at least 500 words each. No title page is needed, but be sure to indicate which writing prompts you are addressing at the top of each response. Each response needs its own reference page.

Writing Prompts (respond to two only):

1. Explain the origin of the federal Pollution Prevention Act, including the year it was passed, events leading to its passage, politics leading up to its passage, by how wide of a vote it was passed, and which president signed it. Please use the CSU Online Library, the Internet, the textbook, and/or other resources to respond. Please cite and reference all sources used.

2. In Chapters 1 and 2 of the course textbook, Ashby (2013) discusses materials and energy. After studying the chapters, select four items total (materials and/or energy) where minimal cost pollution prevention efforts can provide the most gain in environmental benefit. Also, discuss which of the laws listed in the Unit I Lesson apply to your selections.

3. Address one of the five principles described on page 102 of the textbook. In your essay, include the date that the principle was initiated, events that led to the creation of the principle, the purpose of the principle, your thoughts about the usefulness of the principle, and any recent developments that occurred as a result of the principle.

You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for both of your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit 2 Scholarly Activity

Select two out of the three writing prompts listed below. Your responses to your two chosen prompts should be at least 500 words each. No title page is needed, but be sure to indicate which writing prompts you are addressing at the top of each response. Each response needs its own reference page.

Writing Prompts (respond to two only):

1. Using the life cycle concepts discussed in Chapter 3, select a product, and describe its life cycle.

2. Imagine that you broke a compact disk (CD) that had music on it. Please respond to the following questions in paragraph form:

How do you typically dispose of a broken CD?

Does your community have a means of recycling CDs?

Considering Figure 4.2 in the textbook, what infrastructure would be needed in your community in order to have the best end of life option, which is reuse? If reuse is not possible, discuss re-engineering, recycling, or combustion as options instead of disposal in a landfill.

Research the materials that are in a CD. Considering Table 4.1, is recycling a possibility?

3. Imagine that you have a smart phone that has been crushed and is no longer usable. Please respond to the following questions in paragraph form:

How would you typically dispose of a broken smart phone?

Does your community have a means of recycling smart phones?

Considering Figure 4.2 in the textbook, what infrastructure would be needed in your community in order to have the best end of life option, which is reuse? If reuse is not possible, discuss re-engineering, recycling, combustion as options instead of disposal in a landfill.

Research the materials that are in a smart phone. Considering Table 4.1, is recycling a possibility?

You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for both of your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit 3 Case Study

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Select one of the products described in the eco-audit case study in Chapter 8 of your textbook (e.g., cups, grocery bags, electric kettle). Using the data in the textbook from the eco-audit, additional data from Chapter 15 (as necessary), and any additional resources that you find helpful, prepare a pollution prevention audit for the product that you have selected. Base your P2 audit on the steps shown in the Unit III Lesson.

You do not need to use all of the P2 audit steps shown in the Unit III Lesson, but use at least three major steps from each phase (a major step being Step 5 rather than Step 5.1). Since you will not be using all of the steps shown in the Unit Lesson, you may re-number them if you wish so that your audit proceeds sequentially without skipping numbers. Your audit should include an introductory paragraph explaining both the purpose of a P2 audit and the reasons for including the steps that you have selected.

Your case study must be at least two full pages in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style. The introduction should be formatted in paragraph form, and the steps can be formatted as a list.

MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit 4 Scholarly Activity

Address all three of the following writing prompts. Your responses to your three chosen prompts should be at least 350 words each. No title page is needed, but be sure to indicate which writing prompts you are addressing at the top of each response. Each response needs its own reference page.

Writing Prompts (respond to all three):

1. Review the Reading Assignment titled as “Pollution Prevention Practices in Oregon’s Electronics Industry” by Harding and Jones. In your review, include:

an overview of the article,

benefits of using pollution prevention in the electronics industry,

specific process modifications discussed in the article,

chemical substitutions mentioned in the article,

economics of making the suggested changes, and

reasons companies might not embrace pollution prevention.

2. Review the Reading Assignment titled as “Optimal Deployment of Emissions Reduction Technologies for Construction Equipment” by Barl, Zietsman, Quadrifoglio, and Farzaneh. In your review:

Write an overview of the article.

Describe hydrogen enrichment (HE), selective catalytic reduction (SCR), and fuel additive (FA) technologies.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of HE, SCR, and FA, including a discussion of costs.

Does the computer model do a satisfactory job of determining the best technology? Explain.

What would be your recommendations as far as which technology (HE, SCR, and/or FA) should be used, or should

none be used?

3. Review the Reading Assignment titled as “Flue Gas Desulfurization: The State of the Art” by Srivastava and Jozewicz. In your review:

Write an overview of the article.

Describe flue gas desulfurization (FGD) at coal-fired power plants and why it is used.

Explain the details of one once-through process and one regenerable process.

Summarize the section titled “The MEL [magnesium enhanced slurry] Cost Model.”

Discuss how the article is useful to a pollution prevention manager.

Conduct an Internet search to explain the concept of Best Available Technology (BAT) and whether any of the FGD

processes described in the article are considered BATs.

You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for all of your responses. All sources used, including the

textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit 5 Essay

Please write an essay about pollution prevention in the dry cleaning and hydraulic fracturing industries. Include the following items:

1. one-paragraph introduction;

2. five-paragraph review of the Sinshelmer, Grout, Namkoong, Gottlieb, and Latif (2007) dry cleaning article, including an explanation of the common dry cleaning process using perchloroethylene (PCE), problems with PCE, and a review of options to PCE presented in the paper;

3. five-paragraph review (total—not five paragraphs for each article) of the Heywood (2012) article and the Chen, Al- Wadei, Kennedy, and Terry (2014) article on hydraulic fracturing, including environmental issues with hydraulic fracturing and the P2 solutions presented in each of the two articles (include the use of liquid carbon dioxide);

4. five-paragraph review of the Taylor, Carbonell, and Desimone (2010) article on using liquid carbon dioxide for P2, focusing on how liquid carbon dioxide can be used as a substitute in the dry cleaning industry and in the hydraulic fracturing industry; and a

5. two-paragraph summary to include your overall thoughts about P2 in the dry cleaning and hydraulic fracturing industries, and specifically whether liquid carbon dioxide is a reasonable, cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional methods.

In order to access the resources below, you must first log into the myCSU Student Portal and access the Academic

Search Complete database within the CSU Online Library.

Use at least the following references:

Chen, J., Al-Wadei, M. H., Kennedy, C. M., & Terry, P. D. (2014). Hydraulic fracturing: Paving the way for a sustainable future? Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 1-10.

Heywood, P. (2012, April). Fracking safer and greener? TCE: The Chemical Engineer, 850, 42-45.

Sinshelmer, P., Grout, C., Namkoong, A., Gottlieb, R., & Latif, A. (2007). The viability of professional wet cleaning as a pollution prevention alternative to perchloroethylene dry cleaning. Air and Waste Management Association, 57, 172-178.

Taylor, D. K., Carbonell, R., & Desimone, J. M. (2010). Opportunities for pollution prevention and energy efficiency enabled by the carbon dioxide technology platform. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, 25(1), 115-148.

Your paper must be at least three full pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit 6 Scholarly Activity

Address both of the following writing prompts. Your responses to both of your chosen prompts should be at least 500 words each. No title page is needed, but be sure to indicate which writing prompts you are addressing at the top of each response.Each response needs its own reference page.

Writing Prompts (respond to both):

1. Review the Reading Assignment titled as “The Greening of a Pulp and Paper Mill” by Hill, Saviello, and Groves. In yourreview, describe:

the history of the Androscoggin Mill, including when it was built, the strike, number of employees, and amount of paper produced,

the kraft pulping process,

pollution problems prior to 1990,

P2 methods implemented after 1990, best available technologies, and economics, and

key actions by the 1990s management team that changed the mill from an environmental problem to an environmental success.

2. Review the Reading Assignment titled as “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Opportunities for Concrete

Pavements” by Santero, Loojos, and Ochsendorf. In your review, describe:

greenhouse gas production from construction and operation of pavements,

how each of the following reduces greenhouse emissions: embodied emissions, albedo, carbonation, and vehicle fuel

consumption,

the five greenhouse gas emissions strategies starting on page 861,

best available technologies related to concrete paving, and

the Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) presented in the article.

You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for both of your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit 7 Scholarly Activity

Address both of the following writing prompts. Your responses to both of your chosen prompts should be at least 500 words each. No title page is needed, but be sure to indicate which writing prompts you are addressing at the top of each response. Each response needs its own reference page.

Writing Prompts (respond to both):

1. Review the Reading Assignment titled as “Designing a Low-Cost Pollution Prevention Plan to Pay Off at the University of Houston” by Bialowas, Sullivan, and Schneller. In your review, describe:

why the university developed a P2 plan,

the process of bulking hazardous wastes, fume hood modifications, and cost savings,

silver recovery and cost savings,

oil reclamation plan and cost savings, and

your overall thoughts about the university’s P2 program.

2. Review the Reading Assignment titled as “Effectiveness of State Pollution Prevention Programs and Policies” by

Donna Harrington. In your review, describe:

the three objectives of the study,

the Toxic Releases Inventory (TRI) and its impact on P2,

the empirical model (framework) used in the study,

costs of P2 programs, and

the article’s conclusions and your thoughts about the conclusions.

You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for both of your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

MEE6201 Advanced Pollution Prevention

Unit 8 Research Paper

Please write a research paper addressing the following:

How important is corporate philosophy to a company’s pollution prevention efforts? Please use an example of one or more companies to support your position.

The completed assignment must be a minimum of 4-5 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. The paper should have a minimum of three sections: an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. A minimum of three references should be used, and at least one of these must be from a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. You may use articles cited in previous portions of the course but you must write new, unique content that was not in any of your previous submissions in this (or any other) course.