Reduction of air pollution by pollution prevention approach in the Czech Republic

This paper provides information on possibilities to reduce air pollution by preventive cleaner production techniques, which bring double benefit: improvement of environmental performance and enhancement of competitiveness at the same time. Air protection is considered to be investment needing however, we would like to show that there can be also non investment measures find providing significant reduction of air emissions and economic savings. These possibilities are illustrated on the example of Czech pharmaceutical enterprise VUAB. Background information on demonstration project is given, main cleaner production measures and their effects described and some observations are given in conclusions.