Environmental TQM: Anatomy of a Pollution Control Program That Works!

Abstract

A window has recently opened into the new world, in which implementing environmental norms in practice is more important than establishing them in theory. It is a remarkable document: Total Quality Management: A Framework for Pollution Prevention, by the Quality Environmental Management Subcommittee of the President's Commission on Environmental Quality. The PCEQ-TQM Report is a document with profound implications and should be required reading for anyone who is serious about the environment. The report emanates from an unlikely source for innovation - a subcommittee of a now-disbanded presidential commission.