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Greener manufacturing, maintenance and disposal – towards the Acare targets

Part of: Sustainable Aerospace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

J. J. Lee
J. J. Lee*
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Abstract

This paper looks at how the aerospace industry can achieve the Acare goal of greener manufacturing, maintenance and disposal. It looks further than merely reducing waste and eliminating hazardous materials and processes and suggests that the organisational structure of the industry will play an important role in facilitating a move towards such a goal. Greater co-operation or integration within the industry at all stages of the product life cycle chain is a fundamental requirement as individual companies run a risk of increasing the total environmental burdens if they concentrate solely on reducing their own impacts without considering the effect a change they make may have on other companies. The use of comprehensive environmental supply chain management systems and end of life plans can smooth the implementation of extended product responsibility and accelerate the benefits of greener manufacturing, maintenance and disposal.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 110 , Issue 1110 , August 2006 , pp. 567 - 571
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2006 

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