Adapting the European approach of Best Available Techniques: case studies from Chile and China

Best Available Techniques (BAT) are an essential element in European environmental legislation as required by the Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC 96/61/EG). The technology transfer to industrialising countries, however, requires the adaptation of the underlying criteria, due to differences in economic, legal and technical conditions. Additionally, their prevailing technology standards and different priorities concerning the affected environmental media (air, soil, water) must also be considered. At hand of case studies for VOC emission reduction and prevention for coating applications in Chile, China and Germany, the use of a metric for country-specific determination of BAT is proposed.

[1]  Jordan.  Water for the Future , 1999 .

[2]  Reiner,et al.  Research methodologies in supply chain management , 2005 .

[3]  Otto Rentz,et al.  Best available techniques in the sector of adhesives application , 2004 .

[4]  Carlos Montalvo Corral,et al.  Sustainable production and consumption systems—cooperation for change: assessing and simulating the willingness of the firm to adopt/develop cleaner technologies. The case of the In-Bond industry in northern Mexico , 2003 .

[5]  J. Lodge.  Air quality guidelines for Europe: WHO regional publications, European series, No. 23, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland; WHO publications center USA, 49 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, NY 12210, 1987, xiii + 426 pp. price: Sw. fr. 60 , 1988 .

[6]  Jutta Geldermann,et al.  Proposal for an integrated approach for the assessment of cross-media aspects relevant for the determination of “best available techniques” bat in the european union , 1999 .

[7]  Louise Deschênes,et al.  Development of weighting factors in the context of LCIA , 2006 .

[8]  Otto Rentz,et al.  The reference installation approach for the techno-economic assessment of emission abatement options and the determination of bat according to the IPPC-directive , 2000 .

[9]  Sauro Pierucci,et al.  An innovative sustainable process for VOCs recovery from spray paint booths , 2005 .

[10]  D. Chudnovsky,et al.  Diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies by multinational corporations in developing countries , 2003 .

[11]  Jyri Seppälä,et al.  On the meaning of the distance-to-target weighting method and normalisation in Life Cycle Impact assessment , 2001 .

[12]  E Ciccozzi,et al.  Recent experiences and challenges in promoting cleaner production investments in developing countries , 2003 .

[13]  M. V. Glinow,et al.  Technology transfer in international business , 1991 .

[14]  G. Battisti,et al.  Intra-Industry Gaps in Technology and Investments in Technological Capabilities: Firm-level evidence from Chile , 2000 .

[15]  Roland Clift,et al.  Metrics for supply chain sustainability , 2003 .