Cleaner production
Cleaner Production
Cleaner Production (pronunciation: /ˈkliːnər prəˈdʌkʃən/) is a preventive, company-specific environmental protection initiative. It is intended to minimize waste and emissions and maximize product output. By analysing the flow of materials and energy in a company, one tries to identify options to minimize waste and emissions out of industrial processes through source reduction strategies. Improvements of organization and technology help to reduce or suggest better choices in use of materials and energy, and to avoid waste, waste water generation, and gaseous emissions, and also waste heat and noise.
The term was coined by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1989.
Etymology
The term "Cleaner Production" comes from the idea of cleaning up production processes to make them more efficient and less harmful to the environment. The word "cleaner" is derived from the Old English clǣne meaning pure, clear, and the word "production" comes from the Latin productio meaning a prolonging, lengthening.
Related Terms
- Sustainable Development: A development strategy that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- Eco-efficiency: A management philosophy aimed at minimizing ecological damage while maximizing efficiency of the business processes.
- Waste Minimization: The process and the policy of reducing the amount of waste produced by a person or a society.
- Industrial Ecology: The study of material and energy flows through industrial systems.
- Environmental Management System: A set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Cleaner production
- Wikipedia's article - Cleaner production
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