Employee environmental efforts reduce costs

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Pollution Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:7109188

Small, M ^[1]

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1. Sony Electronics Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)

At the same time Sony's San Diego manufacturing center underwent expansion and diversification in the late 1980s, management began pollution prevention and energy conservation programs. Through team programs, engineering strategies to reduce pollution resulted in significant cost savings and environmental benefits. By reducing waste between 1991 to 1993, the company also reduced manufacturing costs by $954,000 through recycling, hazardous waste source reduction and eliminating or reducing chemical usage. Pollution has been reduced, and resources and energy are being used more efficiently. Hazardous waste generation is down more than 56 percent.

• OSTI ID: 7109188
• Journal Information: Pollution Engineering; (United States), Vol. 26:5; ISSN 0032-3640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
GLASS
RECYCLING
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
LEAD
ECONOMICS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
USA
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