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Selection and implementation of pollution prevention techniques in small and medium enterprises in countries in transition

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This paper aims to open the discussion about the possibility and economic feasibility of applying pollution prevention techniques in industrial enterprises with smaller production capacities than those specified in Directive 2010/75/EU. The work refers to countries with transition economies where low cost of environmental resources and pollution fees are present. The research is conducted on pilot sample of seven small- and medium-size enterprises belonging to the food and beverage sector. The enterprises have different characteristics in terms of company size, capacity levels, production processes employed, and status of the transition in terms of their ownership status. The selection of appropriate prevention techniques is done using newly developed Method for Identification of Prevention Techniques (“MIP”). The MIP method combines: (i) Minimization Opportunities Environmental Diagnosis methodology developed by Regional Activity Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production Barcelona and its approach to data collection, (ii) United Nation Industrial Development Organisation’s step-by-step approach to environmental diagnosis of industrial enterprises, (iii) Driving Forces, Pressure, State, Impact, Response Framework used by European Environmental Agency to facilitate problem–solution identification, (iv) Multicriteria ranking method for selection of best available techniques, and (v) Philosophy of Shewhart–Deming’s circle to introduce the system of planning, control, and correction and integrate prevention concept into business policy. This provided necessary flexibility corresponding to companies’ abilities to finance implementation. The results confirmed that the pollution prevention concept can be applied to small- and medium-sized companies of different production capacities and organization levels with both environmental and economic benefits.

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  1. Mechanical Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Vilsonovo Šetalište 9, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Sanda Midžić Kurtagić & Branko Vučijak

  2. Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja Od Bosne 8, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Irem Silajdžić

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Midžić Kurtagić, S., Silajdžić, I. & Vučijak, B. Selection and implementation of pollution prevention techniques in small and medium enterprises in countries in transition. Clean Techn Environ Policy 18, 1827–1847 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-016-1237-5

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