TY - JOUR
T1 - Cleaner production applied in a small furniture industry in Brazil
T2 - Addressing focused changes in design to reduce waste
AU - Aguilar, Carlos Mario Gutiérrez
AU - Panameño, Ronald
AU - Velazquez, Alexei Perez
AU - Álvarez, Beatriz Elena Angel
AU - Kiperstok, Asher
AU - César, Sandro Fábio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by the authors.
PY - 2017/10/18
Y1 - 2017/10/18
N2 - The wood industry is known for being among the biggest resource consumers, having a relatively low yield. The wood furniture industry as part of the wood industry also remains a big generator of residues and a big consumer of resources. Diverse solutions and technologies have been developed to deal with the residues generated, but those technologies are mostly applied at the end of the production chain with limited results. Cleaner production represents a program based on continuous strategies applied to a more sustainable use of materials and energy, minimizing waste and pollution. This paper presents a case study of a cleaner production program developed in a small furniture industry in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, applying the concepts of cleaner production with parameters of ecodesign developed for the furniture industry. The object of study was the production of a wooden chair made from eucalyptus wood. The application of the cleaner production program and ecodesign parameters allowed a detailed characterization of the waste, resulting in opportunities for a reduction of the use of raw material by 30%, a reduction in waste by 49% and allowing a reduction in energy by 36% due to simplification of the productive process. Among the strategies applied were reshaping pieces, redesigning, and the substitution of materials. The results suggest that despite the existence of more complex environmental methods and approaches, the application of cleaner production plus ecodesign parameters could be more achievable for micro and small furniture industries.
AB - The wood industry is known for being among the biggest resource consumers, having a relatively low yield. The wood furniture industry as part of the wood industry also remains a big generator of residues and a big consumer of resources. Diverse solutions and technologies have been developed to deal with the residues generated, but those technologies are mostly applied at the end of the production chain with limited results. Cleaner production represents a program based on continuous strategies applied to a more sustainable use of materials and energy, minimizing waste and pollution. This paper presents a case study of a cleaner production program developed in a small furniture industry in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, applying the concepts of cleaner production with parameters of ecodesign developed for the furniture industry. The object of study was the production of a wooden chair made from eucalyptus wood. The application of the cleaner production program and ecodesign parameters allowed a detailed characterization of the waste, resulting in opportunities for a reduction of the use of raw material by 30%, a reduction in waste by 49% and allowing a reduction in energy by 36% due to simplification of the productive process. Among the strategies applied were reshaping pieces, redesigning, and the substitution of materials. The results suggest that despite the existence of more complex environmental methods and approaches, the application of cleaner production plus ecodesign parameters could be more achievable for micro and small furniture industries.
KW - Cleaner production
KW - Ecodesign
KW - Furniture
KW - Waste
KW - Wood
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U2 - 10.3390/su9101867
DO - 10.3390/su9101867
M3 - Artículo en revista científica indexada
AN - SCOPUS:85031787698
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 9
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 10
M1 - 1867
ER -