Cleaner production for environmental conscious manufacturing in the foundry industry

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-333

  Fore, S ^a   Mbohwa, C T ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Foundry engineering; Pollution control; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CLEANER PRODUCTION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FOUNDRY ENGINEERING; FOUNDRY INDUSTRIES; GLOBAL APPLICATIONS; LOW COSTS; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING; POLICY FORMULATION; PRE-ASSESSMENT; RESIN SAND; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESOURCE UTILISATION; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING; TOXIC CHEMICALS;

CONVOLUTION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; INDUSTRY; LEACHING; MANUFACTURE; PLANNING; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; RESINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 78651579044     PISSN: 17260531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17260531011086180     Document Type: Article

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