Overview of green industry

directly managing production processes and introducing environmental management systems.. avoid generating waste and to minimize the use of raw materials and energy Cleaner production..

Green industry

Definition by United Nations Industrial Development Organization

increasing resource use and pollution

and fuels, and take every possible precaution to avoid harming workers, communities, climate,

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Targets

How it works: Greening of industries

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How to green an industry

directly managing production processes and introducing environmental management systems

The concept of cleaner production expanded to include product life-cycle aspects, such as eco-design and consumption patterns.

avoid generating waste and to minimize the use of raw materials

and energy

Cleaner production

Countries experienced: Republic of Korea

The waste generated by one company is used as a resource for another (industrial symbiosis), leading to a clear business case for a green industry practice

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Waste water

Treated water

Fundamental Law for Establishing a Sound

Material-Cycle Society (2000) is the legal framework

Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources (2001)

TheWaste Management and The Public Cleasing Law (1970)

Law on Promoting Green Purchasing (2000)

Country experience: Reducing, reusing and recycling policy in Japan

The evolution of greening industry concepts and practices

Strengths with green industries

Environmental

 Reduces energy, water consumption and

increases energy, water-efficiency

 Minimizes waste due to the recycling of

materials

 Reduces the total environmental costs from

virgin mineral extraction

 Encourages brownfield redevelopment

Economic

 Avoids the costs for waste disposal

 Reduces the costs for raw material purchases

 Reduces the costs for energy and water

 Reduces costs through the sharing or centralizing of material managing services

Challenges for green industries

attitudes towards cap and trade or carbon tax, prevents them from working together

manufacturing chain

in short-term policies only

 Lack of data on green industry development, which makes it hard to assess respective trends, opportunities and barriers and then form effective policies

the far future

international markets, which are still dominated by conventional products and production chains and not conditioned to strict environmental standards

Implementing strategy : Long-term strategy

A long-term and stable government policy will draw private investment into the green industries

industries will help policymakers to promote the right strategies