Partnership for Sustainability: A Case Study of BAZ County

The purpose of the study is to present and discuss a project which can solve the environmental sustainability problems of companies involving students in their work. The project strengthen the partnership among the University of Miskolc and the companies operating in the region, enrich the knowledge of entrepreneurs, improve their environmental performance and help our students find jobs in the area. With the help of the communication targeted in the project sustainability can be integrated into the economic and enterprise policy of the region. In the study an attempt is made to create a new university-company partnership model in order to promote the practise of sustainability

Life cycle assessment of DMSO solvent, comparing an open manufacturing system with a closed one

This paper has been elaborated during the project called “DMSO contaminated industrial waste water recycling by distillation” which action connects to the Hungarian water quality improvement program. The dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is frequently used as a solvent for chemical reactions and is also extensively used as an extractant in biochemistry and cell biology. It is known as environmental friendly solvent, and the DMSO can be efficiently recovered from aqueous solutions – even though contaminated with volatile and/or nonvolatile impurities – by distillation due to its high boiling point (189 C). This paper compares two technologies an open and closed system from viewpoint of sustainability, by LCA, in which the DMSO used as solvent, and it was recovered