Asian Institute of Technology

School of Environment, Resources and Development 

Bangkok, Thailand 

October 2001

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The authors would like to thank following persons (alphabetic order) for their valuable contributions :

Ir. Erik Bohez (AIT): review, manufacturing processes.
Elmer Dante: B.Sc. (AIT): HTML editing.
Shabbir Gheewala, Ph.D. (AIT): review throughout the site.
Leif Nielsen, Engineer: backward can extrusion process.
Christel Thuret, M.Sc. (AIT): sugar production.
Nay Tun Thein Nyunt, B.Eng (AIT): HTML editing.
Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Ph.D. (AIT): review, air pollution. 
Dr. Josef Tränkler: review, disposal processes.

Photos in this site have been taken by the authors or downloaded from free photo sites on Internet except:

Underwater photos in Northern Europe: Svend Åge Bendtsen. Copyright^©. 
Photo of statue (acidification): The Swedish NGO Secretariat on Acid Rain. Copyright^©. 
Photos of acidification problems in Central Europe: Michiel Oudendijk. Copyright^©. 
Photo of storage tanks for oil products:  Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS. Copyright^©. 
Photo of  colored polyethylene pellets: Charles O'Rear/CORBIS. Copyright^©. 
Photo of of plastic and aluminum items for reutilization: Joseph Sohm/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of aluminum beams and pipes made from recycled aluminum:  H. David Seawell/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of trash room at an incinerator: Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of worker looking into the combustion chamber: Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photos of sugar cane fields: Catherine Karnow/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of sugar cane transportation: James L. Amos/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of burning sugar cane field: Stephanie Maze/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of sugar cane arrival of at refinery: Paul Almasy/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of sugar mill: Tony Arruza/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of alcohol distillery: Robert Holmes/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo bauxite mine: James L. Amos/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of barge of bauxite ore arriving at refinery: James L. Amos/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of bauxite extraction factory: Barry Lewis/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of abandoned coal strip mine: Charles E. Rotkin/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of truck at coal mine: Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of loading dump truck with coal: Jonathan Blair/CORBIS. Copyright^©. 
Photo of coal power plan: Royalty Free/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Aerial photo of smoke stacks: Stephanie Maze/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of polluted water entering a river: Charles E. Rotkin/CORBIS. Copyright^©.
Photo of photochemical smog over Seattle: Royalty Free/CORBIS. Copyright^©.

This project was funded by Danida, Denmark