Sustainable Manufacturing Is Smart Manufacturing
(WorldNews Politics)

Credit:EtiAmmos/shutterstock.com The COVID pandemic has highlighted the role that manufacturing plays in our society. Manufacturing is important not only for improving our quality of life but also for the necessities of life, from food to toilet paper to transportation and safe and secure housing. As our society has evolved, we have learned better ways to manufacture and are able to create an amazing variety of products. But providing these goods is not without side effects to the environment, and care is needed to manage the impacts of our production systems. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), sustainable manufacturingrefers to the ability to...