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Green Manufacturing Is A Strategic Priority
In the not-too-distant future, environmentally benign manufacturing will become one of industry’s greatest strategic challenges, not only from an engineering perspective, but from a business and marketing perspective as well.
Many large, multinational companies are cognizant of impending overseas environmental regulations and growing consumer demand for a new generation of environmentally friendly products, and they are beginning to formulate their response. Some have embraced the notion that green products and production techniques are a competitive weapon. But many manufacturers, especially smaller ones in the United States, are far behind in acknowledging and addressing the environmental concerns of governments and consumers, according to a soon-to-be released analysis from the World Technology Evaluation Center at Loyola College in Maryland.
The above is an excerpt from Manufacturing News, September 15, 2000 Vol. 7, No. 16
The NEMI Economically Sustainable Electronics (ESE) TIG, chaired by Brenda Baney, Delphi Delco, and co-chaired by Rick Noreika, Solectron, have the large company perspective. They see numerous proposals for recycling legislation coming at the industry from Europe, the Far East, and many cities, counties and states within the U.S. There is much concern that the industry will face a "patch-work quilt" of legislative requirements, which will detract from manufacturing efficiency. The ESE TIG sponsored a workshop at the NEMI Council meeting on Wednesday, September 13, 2000, to bring this issue to members’ attention. The workshop looked at the current legislative agenda, what some member companies are doing already in this area, and the state-of-the-art of the recycling industry, itself.
Following are the presentations given at the NEMI Recycling Forum.
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