improvements to a production process so the process uses less energy, water or other input, or generates less waste or less environmentally harmful waste (adapted from the Waste Environmental Protection Policy).
systems or programmes to improve the efficiency of resource and energy use and minimise waste
The continuous application of an integrated preventive environmental strategy applied to processes, products, and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment. For production processes cleaner production includes conserving raw materials and energy, eliminating toxic raw materials, and reducing the quantity and toxicity of all emissions and wastes. For products it involves reducing the negative impacts along the life cycle of a product, from raw materials extraction to its ultimate disposal. For services the strategy focuses on incorporating environmental concerns into designing and delivering services. (United Nations Environment Programme)
Corresponds to a preventive approach to environmental protection that is situated upstream rather than downstream. Its prime objective is to prevent the generation of waste and reduce wastage of energy and materials.
Changes to the design, manufacturing, packaging, purchasing, and use of products so as to reduce or eliminate the amount and toxicity of waste throughout the product life cycle.
a worldwide industry trend towards reduced resource inputs and waste outputs in the production process; in Australia, the Commonwealth has set up a program to demonstrate cleaner production processes
processes designed to reduce the wastes generated by production.
Cleaner production (CP) is the continuous application of an integrated preventive environmental strategy applied to processes, products and services to increase efficiency and reduce risk. This strategy typically involves the modification of production processes, using a life-cycle approach, and results in meeting customer needs with more environmentally compatible products and services. Cleaner production also brings tangible economic savings and financial benefits. Parallel concepts to cleaner production are pollution prevention, waste minimisation, eco-efficiency and green productivity.
The continuous application of an integrated preventive environmental strategy to processes, products, and services to increase overall efficiency, and reduce risks to humans and the environment. Cleaner Production can be applied to the processes used in any industry, to products themselves and to various services provided in society.
a number of New Zealand councils have cleaner production initiatives that promote the efficient use of resources (energy, water, materials) to the business community. The BusinessCare Trust supports both councils and businesses to implement sustainable management and cleaner production practices through programmes such as EnviroSmart.
United Nations' term for sustainable business, reducing environmental impacts from processes, products and services by using better management strategies, methods and tools.
The term used to describe the systematic process a business undertakes to avoid waste production and environmental harm through better process management. Cleaner production looks at a business’s material flows from purchasing through to disposal and assesses ways that waste can be avoided and environmental impacts minimised.
Initiatives to reduce the environmental impacts of producing goods and delivering services.
Any manufacturing or production process which assist with the reduction of waste, the reduction emissions and energy reduction.
Means avoiding the use or production of environmentally persistent substances, reducing the amount or toxicity of liquid wastes produced that require disposal and reducing the amount or toxicity of solid wastes. More info
Cleaner production is a preventive, company-specific environmental protection initiative. It is intendend 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.
