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Q.1. What is Cleaner Production?
Ans. The basic significance of Cleaner production
is quite simple : increase production as well as minimization
of wastes, emissions and toxicity at their source rather than
treat them after its generation. That means it is a proactive
approach. It is also known by different terms viz, "Pollution
Prevention", "Waste Minimization", "Green
Productivity" and of course "Cleaner Production".
"Prevention is Better than Cure" Cleaner Production
is the continuous application of an integrated preventive
environmental strategy to process, products and services to
reduce risks to human and the environment. Cleaner Production
Process includes consumption of raw materials, water, energy,
elimination of toxic raw materials and reduction of the waste
quantity, water consumption and toxicity of all emissions.
Q.2. How will Cleaner Production help?
Ans. Cleaner Production activity will make
your industry more competitive and profitable. It will reduce
your production cost/ you will start making money form effluents
and wastes.
Q.3. Is it good for Small-Scale Industries?
Ans. Most of small-scale industries are
maintained by single person or owner, who always remains busy
with administration. Also industry does not have skilled and
qualified technical personnel to take care of wasteful processes
and operations. Further in the emerging global competitive
market, there is pressure of reducing production cost particularly
on small-scale industry. It is therefore, necessary for small-scale
industries to take up immediate actins towards cleaner production.
Q.4.Do I need to stop my production
while implementing Cleaner Production?
Ans. No, Most of the Cleaner Production
Measures can be implemented in a running plant without affecting
the production. Where ever some major Cleaner Production measures
are required to implement, the production may have to be stopped
for some time. In some cases you may find the production from
the same plant and same machinery is increased drastically
by way of elimination of bottlenecks.
Q.5.What will be the benefits to my industry by adopting Cleaner
Production?
Ans. Apart from reducing your production
cost, Cleaner Production offers several other benefits as
under:
- Quality improvement.
- New market opportunities.
- Improvement in work environment.
- Better image of the company.
- Easy compliance with environmental regulations.
- Improvement in production capacity.
Q.6. How Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre (GCPC) will help
my industry?
Ans. GCPC is having a team of young and
dynamic Chemical & Environmental Engineers. The Cleaner
Production team comprises of GCPC team and concerned persons
from industry (production, utilities, accounts etc.) will
study the whole production process from raw materials to the
final product systematically. The team will do C.P. Assessment
after studying the case options of each waste stream identified
from the process. Cleaner Production opportunities will be
worked out with their financial & technical viable solutions
for implementation.
Q.7.How does one adopt Cleaner Production
in an industry?
Ans. To realize the benefits of Cleaner
Production, you need to take care of three important issues:
a. Management Commitment.
b. Operators Involvement.
c. Organized Approach.
Q.8. Do I need to have any engineer in my
industry, to implement Cleaner Production?
Ans. It is not at all essential that a Engineer
or a professional is required for implementing Cleaner Production
in your industry, because who would know about your industry
more then you and the persons working on plant.
Q.9.What are the various techniques available
to identify Cleaner Production options in my industry?
Ans. There are three principal Cleaner Production
techniques :
A. Source Reduction.
(I) Good House Keeping.
(II) Process Change.
-Input material Change.
-Better Process Control.
-Equipment Modification.
-Technology Change.
B. Recycling.
-On Site Recovery/Reuse.
-Creation of useful By-Products.
C. Product reformulation or Modification
Quite often these techniques are also used in combination.
Input Material change may lead to good housekeeping. Similarly
equipment modification are usually associated with better
Q.10. Can you tell me something about your
methodology?
Ans. Six Step CP methodology with help of
which CP Demonstration Projects is conducted can be described
as under-
1.
Getting Started
** Make CP Team
** List Process Steps
** Identify Wasteful Process 2.
Analysis Process Steps
** Process Flow Steps
** Material And Energy Balance
** Assign Cost to Waste Stream
** Identify Cause of Waste
3. Generating CP Opportunities
** Develop CP Opportunities
** Select Workable Opportunities
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4.
Selecting CP solutions
**Technical Feasibility
** Economic Feasibility
** Environmental Aspects ** Select Solutions 5.
Implementation
** Prepare for Implementation
**Monitor and Evaluate Results
6. Maintaining CP
** Sustain CP
** Go to
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Q-11 Do I need extensive laboratory facilities?
Ans. Certainly not… GCPC has some
basic measurement and monitoring facilities i.e Infrared Thermometer,
PH meter, Electrical Analyzer, Boiler Efficiency Tool kit,
Amino meter etc. If require, services of existing laboratory
in the vicinity can be taken.
Q-12 I have some specific problems in my
plant , can I get advisory service from GCPC?
Ans. Definitely. You can get such help from
GCPC. Just send your problems/queries to GCPC by filling up
the feed- back form.
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