Graedel, Thomas. E.; Allenby, Braden. R.; Linhart, Peter B.
Abstract
Industrial Ecology (IE) can be defined as a concept wherein “economic systems are viewed not in isolation from their surrounding systems, but in concert with them. As applied to industrial operations, it requires a systems view in which one seeks to optimize the total materials cycle from virgin material, to finished material, to component, to product, to waste product, and to ultimate disposal. Factors to be optimized include resources, energy, and capital.”(18) This paper discusses some issues related to the industrial ecology of manufacturing processes.
