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green production and industry  

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  • Green production increases the efficiency of standard industrial practices while eliminating or minimizing wastes at their source, rather than after they have been generated. In industrial processes, green production includes conserving raw materials and energy, eliminating toxic raw materials, reducing the quantity and toxicity of emissions and wastes, and minimizing waste and emissions of the aggregate production. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Green Production and Industry]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QTQ1DMRL-P

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