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Establishing greener products and manufacturing processes

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Abstract

Today producers are becoming more responsible for their products, not only because of legal requirements but also to gain a competitive edge, as consumers are increasingly considering the broader impacts of their purchases. As a result, companies are beginning to address the ecological impacts of products and manufacturing processes in addition to the economic considerations. The environmental impact of products can be reduced during manufacturing, e.g. by greener processes, greener process chain, or leveraging manufacturing. This paper reviews actual research on greening products and production at the University of California, Berkeley and lays the foundation for future research directions. The present research includes approaches to enhance Life Cycle Assessment Methods, understand the life cycle of different products, improve manufacturing processes and revise supply chain decisions. Leveraging manufacturing implies higher environmental burden in the production phase can be offset with much larger eco-efficiency in the product use phase. The described approaches present ongoing work and will support sustainable production practices.

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Abbreviations

API:

Application programming interface

CMOS:

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor

GHG:

Greenhouse gas

GWP:

Global warming potential

LCA:

Life Cycle Assessment

LCI:

Life Cycle Inventory

Mfg:

Manufacturing

MRR:

Material removal rate

RoHS:

Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive

WEEE:

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

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    Barbara Linke, Yu-Chu Huang & David Dornfeld

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Linke, B., Huang, YC. & Dornfeld, D. Establishing greener products and manufacturing processes. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 13, 1029–1036 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-012-0134-z

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