There is no doubt that most of the environmental problems, which we are dealing with,
are a result of improper management of industrial activities. Available techniques are used
to reduce the emissions and the impact on the ecosystem, but stresses on the ecosystem continue.
On the other side, the desire for a healthy environment increases, which produces the
need for better tools to improve pollution prevention, control and cleanup capabilities. Besides
the development of environmentally sound technologies based on waste minimization,
energy efficiency and better use of resources, environmental technology research and
development continues to lower future expenditures, to address specialized problems more
efficiently and to achieve the required industrial and environmental standards. Special emphasis
should be given to the reduction of risks to the ecosystem, which requires improved
detection, monitoring and characterization of environmental changes. These practices will
provide better information on exposure, enabling more precise environmental health risk
assessments, which should be considered during the re-evaluation of new technology developments.
Following these statements it should be realized that the performance of technology
is related to well performed environmental management systems relying on collaborative
or multi – stakeholder approaches.