摘要：For many reasons, strategies to make the manufacturing processes more environment friendly must come form the corporation as a whole, not from any one functional area. Sustainable development is aimed at meeting current needs without compromising with the ability of future generations to do so. Environmentally conscious manufacturing or ECM, involves planning, developing, and implementing manufacturing processes and techniques that minimize or eliminate hazardous waste and reduce scrap. In this paper efforts have been made to identify and describe the basic elements of an environmentally conscious manufacturing strategy. After this description of some of the tools and techniques that can enable businesses to pursue environment conscious manufacturing strategies will be done.
