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- Title
An Engineer grapples with sustainable manufacturing.
- Authors
Srinivasan, Vijay
- Abstract
This article looks at challenges facing industrial engineers in sustainable manufacturing. It identifies the causes of the emergence of sustainable manufacturing, including the belief that sustainability is the key to innovation. It also relates the trend to the introduction of a directive by the European Union (EU) to restrict the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
- Subjects
SUSTAINABLE engineering; MANUFACTURING industries; INDUSTRIAL engineers; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; GOVERNMENT policy on hazardous substances; EUROPEAN Union
- Publication
Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 2, p217
- ISSN
1618-954X
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s10098-011-0350-8