Concept of cleaner production in Vojvodina
Sinis
ˇ
a N. Dodic
´
*
, Damjan G. Vuc
ˇ
urovic
´
, Stevan D. Popov, Jelena M. Dodic
´
, Zoltan Z. Zavargo
Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Bul. cara Lazara 1, Novi Sad 21000, Vojvodina, Serbia
Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629
2. Cleaner production and national regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1630
3. Cleaner production and the environment protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1630
4. The integrated license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1631
5. Benefits for a company and the society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1632
6. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1634
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1634
1. Introduction
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous
province in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population
according to the 2002 Census. It is located in the northern part of
the country, in the Pannonia plain. Vojvodina is an energy-deficient
province. The indigenous reserves of oil and gas are limited and the
country is heavily dependent on the import of oil. The oil import
bill is a serious strain on the country’s economy and has been
deteriorating the balance of payment situation. The country has
become increasingly more dependent on fossil fuels and its
energetic security hangs on the fragile supply of imported oil that
is subject to disruptions and price volatility [1–4]. Hydropower,
biomass, biogas, biofuels, wind power, solar energy and geother-
mal energy are the major resources to provide Vojvodina with
most of its renewable energy in the future [5–9].
The topic of biofuels is repeatedly addressed; this reflects the
worldwide concern on the urgency of the use and development of
more renewable fuels and other improved energy technologies.
The public perception of the central importance of bio-energy has
caused many to only focus on the positive aspects of biofuels and
thereby, avoiding their inherent limitations. Their real contribu-
tions toward a more sustainable world can only be accessed
through a carefully performed, life cycle approach that enables
researchers to thoroughly cover all phases from the plantation to
fuel production and usage. By becoming more fully aware of the
problems and limitations and having identified the weak-points, it
is increasingly possible to test and implement improved practices
to prevent or to minimize the negative impacts of bio-energy
production and usage [10,11].
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 14 (2010) 1629–1634
ARTICLE INFO
Article history:
Received 16 December 2009
Accepted 2 February 2010
Keywords:
Cleaner production
Environment
Integrated license
Vojvodina
ABSTRACT
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province in Serbia, containing about 27% of its
total population according to the 2002 Census. It is located in the northern part of the country, in the
Pannonia plain. The importance of sector of the environment protection becomes even larger and
observable, especially with respect of the strategic determination of Government of the AP of Vojvodina,
the Republic of Serbia on the association with the European economic area (EEA) and joining with the
states – members of the European Union (EU). Restitution of the concept of the cleaner production (CP)
significantly helps to companies and the responsible persons (especially in the domain of industry) to
harmonize their business activities with law demands concerning the environment protection, as well as
to improve their processes and the process sequences. This makes a starting base for the obtaining of the
integrated license for the installations that are included in a list of installations that have to obtain an
integrated licenses (some 250 installations), on the basis of the Law on the integrated prevention and
control of pollution of Vojvodina, the Republic of Serbia, for which the dead point is the year 2015.
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