Market competition has reached a stage where margin of profit is attaining its saturation point. Universal management of environment has made roadmap more demanding. Coupled with this is the emergence of countries with high availability of manpower at low cost. One has to look for other means of saving money manufacturing and marketing pipeline.
Every crisis gives rise to opportunity. Entrepreneurs and business owners have found an amazing way to cut the cost of manufacture. This was hidden in the amount of wastage associated with different stages of manufacture, right from mineral beneficiation to the end product.
Take for example, patterns, moulds and artifacts made from wood. The sawdust is now glue-pressed to obtain particle boards. The scrapes and cuttings are used to provide insulation inside a door panel. Small wood pieces are shaped into toys and miniature fancy items. Unusable pieces of wood are burnt to obtain heat for boilers and cooking. The remains, if any, are then mixed with organic manure to provide permeability to the soil. Such addition finally converts itself to organic manure.
These days, burnt sands and coal slag debris from factories are used to construct roads and fill low land. Rocks and debris excavated from mines and building constructions are broken into pieces and are used as boulders and concrete of various sizes. Solid municipal waste is segregated and recycled into manure, fuel and parent compounds. There are statute in place to enforce zero effluent discharge from factories commercial buildings and thickly populated apartments. The law may take into its expanse one and all. Read the rest of this entry »
