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Perspectives on Green Manufacturing

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This chapter introduces various perspectives on green manufacturing and its implementation issues. It has been known by different names such as sustainable manufacturing, environmentally conscious manufacturing, environmentally responsible manufacturing and cleaner production. The degradation of air, water and land in addition to unsustainable consumption of natural resources, global warming and landfills are posing critical challenges for the sustainable development of the planet. So the adoption of green manufacturing by the industry became vital at global level. However, there are some issues which influence the adoption of green initiatives by manufacturing industry. Hence, the motivations for, hindrances to, and stakeholders of green manufacturing are importantly discussed. This chapter also presents the current international status and future research directions as regards to the implementation of green manufacturing strategies.

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Mittal, V.K. (2017). Perspectives on Green Manufacturing. In: Gupta, K. (eds) Advanced Manufacturing Technologies. Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56099-1_9

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