Sustainable development with green productivity in manufacturing

Author

Sheng, Tan Lin ; Bin Shamsudin, Mohd Zamri ; Ling, Loh Chin

Author_Institution

Intel Technol. Sdn Bhd, Kedah, Malaysia

fYear

2005

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

267

Lastpage

270

Abstract

This paper provides insight of many aspects of journey of green factories and beyond ´go green´ approaches geared towards assembly and test factories. With the management supports to take environment excellence to the next level, the chemical and waste management team working together with factory floor employees has embarked on a journey to practice the three key sustainable development initiatives: 1) chemical waste reduction; 2) total chemical safety and environmental management and; 3) 5R pollution prevention practices.

Keywords

chemical hazards; industrial plants; integrated circuit manufacture; occupational safety; personnel; pollution control; productivity; sustainable development; team working; waste reduction; 5R pollution prevention; assembly; chemical management; chemical safety; chemical waste reduction; factory floor employees; green factories; green productivity; sustainable development; team working; test factories; waste management; Assembly; Chemicals; Environmental management; Manufacturing; Production facilities; Productivity; Sustainable development; Team working; Testing; Waste management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Manufacturing, 2005. ISSM 2005, IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9143-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSM.2005.1513353

Filename

1513353