GREEN MANUFACTURING

GREEN MANUFACTURING

• “We borrow the Earth from our descendants”

• Depletion of resources

• Polluting the environment

GREEN MANUFACTURING

• Enables economic progress • Minimize pollution and waste • Conserve resources

GREEN MANUFACTURING

• Manufacturing methods that support and sustain a renewable way of producing products and/or services that do no harm to you nor the environment. 

POLLUTANTS

• Careless disposal of waste • Newly identified toxins • "Big Company problem"...right? • Toxic hazards present in everyday

household products - Food - Synthetic fragrance

POLLUTANTS

• "Many times, because of extensive use, we assume a product is safe.  But any chemical ingredient warrants a closer look, no matter how long it's been on the market. We need to ask ourselves whether we should be careful of using such ingredients on a daily basis, and if necessary, we should explore other options for our customers.”

CHOICES

• Use natural raw ingredients, including organics

• Do not use hazardous chemical conditioners, chemical anti-bacterials or chemical preservatives

• Use botanically-derived,colour, spices etc

• Cold manufacturing process for soap

DEPLETION OF RESOURCES & INCREASING POLLUTION

• As much fresh water has been withdrawn in the last 30 years as in the last three centuries.

• Globally, there is a 160 billion cubic meter overdraft of groundwater per year.

• The rate of increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide between 1970 and 2000 is nearly double that between 1960 and 1970 (1.5 ppm vs. 0.88 ppm per year).

DEPLETION OF RESOURCES & INCREASING POLLUTION

• Carbon emissions have increased by more than 1.5 times since 1970.

• The U.S., EU and Japan are by far the world’s biggest producers of solid waste, with the U.S. at about 14 times that of Japan and the EU combined.

• Solid waste strategies: In Japan, it’s "Minimize at source"; In Europe, it’s "Producer responsibility"; In the U.S., it’s "There’s always more space

WASTE GENERATION

• Manufacturing generates maximum wastes

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Natural resources are vital to - Economic activity - Personal satisfaction - Health• Need to be preserved for future generation• balancing environmental and business

needs

COST & GREEN PRACTICES

• Gap remains between societal benefits and private business benefits. But that gap may be narrowing

• Examples - Compact fluorescent lightbulbs, - Software distribution via the Internet, - Hybrid electric vehicles - More efficient refrigeration

IS IT WIN WIN

• What's good for the environment is good for business ?

• Regulation can confer specific and narrow benefits on some firms at the expense of others.

• Example : Montreal Protocol Wiped out the market for commodity CFCs Benefited Dupont and ICI

SUSTAINABILITY

• Using regulatory actions to secure production cost advantages

• Sugar Industry : bagasse & mud paste • Molasses to Alcohol - What remains after taking out alcohol - Highly toxic - Discharged on land or in to river

SUSTAINABILITY• Metalworking fluids (emulsions of oil, water and

stabilizing agents)

- 12 percent of metals manufacturing costs

- Limited reuse & high cost of disposal

-Environment friendly vegetable oil substitutes -Microfiltration techniques to extend the useful life of

these fluids virtually indefinitely

SUSTAINABILITY

• Public and industry awareness campaigns • Adding business value can drive

environmental solutions to "self-assemble“

• Corporate involvement

GLOBAL MARKET

• Overseas environmental regulations • Growing consumer demand for a new

generation of environmentally friendly products • Green products and production techniques are a

competitive weapon• Example (1) European directorate for the environment said it

would eliminate brominated flame retardants used in electronics

GLOBAL MARKET

• Siemens could not find a replacement • Sony Corp. produced a viable alternative• Example (2) -New clean air emissions limits for automobiles -Honda and Toyota produced new

engines to meet and exceed requirements.