Integrated pollution prevention and control and enterprises in the chemical industry

Abstract

Enterprises are becoming increasingly active in their approach to protection of the environment. In the 80's and 90's of the 20th century, the strategy of prevention became increasingly important in Europe. These trends were reflected in the European Commission mainly through the Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention Union countries since 1999. This paper is concerned with the integrated prevention process in the Czech Republic (CR). It concentrates mainly on the progress of this process in enterprises in the chemical industry and generalizes this information.