CS699 Chemical manufacturer benefits by reducing waste
This Case Study describes how Dow Corning Ltd, a manufacturer of silicon-based materials, achieved significant cost and environmental benefits by reducing hazardous waste through improved resource management, chemical substitution and effective re-use of by-products. The company used the waste hierarchy as the basis of its approach to hazardous waste minimisation, looking first at ways to eliminate and reduce waste at source, then at by-product recovery and re-use.
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