Profiting from Cleaner Production

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Profiting fromCleaner Production

• Companies

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• I. Cleaner Production
• Competitive Advantages
• Definition
• Hidden Costs of Waste
• Parallel Concepts
• II. Case Study
• III. Role of Companies
• IV. For More Information

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Cleaner ProductionCompetitive Advantages

• Cleaner Production helps companies
• Increase productivity
• Reduce production costs
• Use resources more efficiently
• Produce safer and better products and services
• Reduce levels of pollution and risk
• Comply with Environmental Management Systems and
  get ISO 14000 certified
• Improve company image

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Cleaner Production Definition

• A preventive environmental strategy applied to
  processes, products and services to
• Increase overall efficiency and productivity
• Improve business opportunities
• Reduce human and environmental risk

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Cleaner ProductionHidden Costs of Waste
Treatment disposal
Company image
Liability
Non-compliance
Human resources
Natural resources
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Cleaner ProductionParallel Concepts
Pollution Prevention (P2)
Eco-efficiency
Green Productivity
Waste Minimization
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• I. Cleaner Production
• II. Case Study
• MET Foundry, Inc.
• Sand Waste
• Sand Reclamation
• Results
• III. Role of Companies
• IV. For More Information

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Case Study MET Foundry, Inc.

• MET Foundry, Inc. produces electric motor
  components from iron and steel.
• During production, iron is melted and poured
  into moulds.
• Only 30 of sand used in moulds is recycled.

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Case StudySand Waste

• Sand contains phenolic resin which upon disposal
  contaminates soil and groundwater.
• The process also generates dust which contributes
  to air pollution.

30 recycled sand
70 unrecycled sand
contamination
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Case Study Sand Reclamation

• MET Foundry adds a sand reclamation process that
  allows the company to recycle approximately 80
  of used sand.

80 recycled sand
20 unrecycled sand
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Case Study Results

• The sand reclamation process helps MET Foundry
  reduce sand consumption and pollution levels.

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• I. Cleaner Production
• II. Case Study
• III. Role of Companies
• Misconceptions
• Realities
• Actions
• IV. For More Information

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Role of Companies Misconceptions

• Cleaner Production is difficult and expensive to
  implement
• Cleaner Production is technologically complicated
  and applies mostly to large companies
• Cleaner Production requires specialized skills
  and expertise

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Role of Companies Realities

• Cleaner Production
• Makes companies more profitable
• Improves products and services
• Lowers risk
• Improves company image
• Emphasis on environmentally sound investments
  and sustainable development
• Makes companies more attractive as clients for
  banks due to
• Improved cash flow
• Rapid return on capital or operating investments

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Role of Companies Actions

• Apply good housekeeping
• Change technology or equipment
• Redesign products
• Modify or control processes
• Substitute input materials
• Recycle or reuse materials
• Produce useful by-products

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I. Cleaner Production II. Case Study III. Role
of Companies IV. For More Information
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For More Information

• UNEP DTIE Cleaner Production www.uneptie.org/cp
  
• UNEP DTIE Cleaner Production Financing
  www.financingcp.org
• United Nations Industrial Development
  Organization www.unido.org
• Sustainable Alternatives Network (SANet)
  www.SustainableAlternatives.net