The idea of producing zero emissions doesn’t seem so impossible once major corporations find they can do it. Beer-making is one of the easiest manufacturing processes to operate under a no-waste, closed-loop system, and four leading Japanese breweries have signed on – Kirin, Sapporo, Asahi, and Suntory.
Sake maker Kizakura and Fuji Xerox have a zero-waste factory. NEC, Honda, Sharp, Hitachi, and Omron are committed to implementing it at one or more factories, and Sanyo and Coca-Cola Bottling Japan have expressed interest in the concept.
Ebara Corporation is promoting the zero emissions concept throughout Japan through its recently established Zero Emissions Network. Ebara also has started an eco-industrial park in Fujisawa.
For more information, contact Lawrence Molloy: molloy@halcyon.com
ZERI Foundation: http://www.zeri.org
FROM The Green Business Letter
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