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Organisational development issues and the implementation of the Clean Technology paradigm in industry

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Environmental protection activities in industry have rapidly increased in number over the last years. Additionally, surveys of environmental activities have identified a change in the kind or in the approaches used to environmental problem solving. A new paradigm ‘Clean Technology’ has been developed which gradually seems to replace the ‘Clean-up Technology’ paradigm and the older ‘Dilute and Disperse’ paradigm. The new ‘Clean Technology’ paradigm brings with it not only a new way of looking at environmental protection, but also a range of ‘rules’ guiding the application of technology and the design of technological systems. This paper presents a few case studies highlighting and evaluating Clean Technology activities.

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van der Vorst, R. Organisational development issues and the implementation of the Clean Technology paradigm in industry. AI & Soc 12, 48–54 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01179776

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