A pervasive study on Green Manufacturing towards attaining sustainability

Abstract

Green Manufacturing is the term for innovative production methods aimed at reducing adverse environmental impacts via waste reduction, waste recycling, better natural resource utilisation, and other allied measures. It transcends the “reduce, reuse, recycle” strategy of 3R into a 5R approach: “repair, reuse, refurbish, rebuild and recycle”, which leads to much better utilisation of resources and longer product life. It is feasible to achieve “zero waste”. Reduction of hazardous emissions in manufacturing products and support for employees and the local community have helped firms reflect their efforts worldwide with the help of green manufacturing. The Internet of Things (IoT) may have overshadowed the green trend, but green production is not going away. The IoT can be another way to make a company more ecological, but Green manufacturing is vital to attaining sustainable businesses. To make this study relevant, papers on green manufacturing for Sustainability are identified from Scopus, Google scholar, ResearchGate, Science Direct and other research platforms and further studied briefly. This study summarises Green Manufacturing and its importance in establishing a sustainable environment. Different strategic tools and specialised methods for Green Manufacturing for a Sustainable Environment are identified and discussed, as well as crucial Green Manufacturing applications for a sustainable environment.