the concept of zero emissions whether gaseous liquid or solid has been linked with zero defects in product quality control and zero industrial accidents in workplace safety management in the course of disseminating the asian zeroemissions concept the first international meeting on the subject was held in jakarta and released the declaration on zero emissions to the world united nations university two workshops held in hanoi and ho chi minh city followed by a workshop in beijing provided the opportunity to promote a mutual understanding of the situations in developing and developed countries