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The increasing volume of waste during manufacturing processes as well as missing regulations for the treatment and/or disposal of the waste in developing countries has to be seen as a significant risk for the future. The occurrence of waste cannot be avoided in most of the production phases but the reduction of waste should be considered for all manufacturing steps. All parties involved in the production of <strong>PUMA</strong> products should take measures to encourage the options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome. Figure 6: Waste Hierarchy 4.2.3.1 Prevention: Waste prevention is closely linked with improving manufacturing methods and influencing consumers to demand greener products and less packaging. It is important that before a production process will be planned and finally implemented, the generation of waste during this will be taken into account. Possible ways have to be taken into account to discuss the avoidance of at least a certain percentage of the waste. 4.2.3.2 Reuse Means any operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived. Reuse also means using items as many times as possible, which helps to save resources. In case there are fewer possibilities for the avoidance of the waste during the production process, opportunities for utilization have to be taken into account. Meaning, possibilities for the reuse of remaining production left-over like cartons, plastics etc., in a respective and responsible manner. 22
4.2.3.3 Recycling Means any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes. It includes the reprocessing of organic material but does not include energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations. 4.2.3.4 Energy Recovery Energy recovery from waste is the conversion of non-recyclable or reusable waste materials into useable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of processes, including combustion, gasification, pyrolization, anaerobic digestion, and landfill gas (LFG) recovery. This process is often called waste-to-energy (WTE). Waste-to-energy meets the two basic criteria for establishing what a renewable energy resource is—its fuel source (waste) is sustainable and indigenous. Waste-toenergy facilities recover valuable energy from waste after efforts to “Prevent, Reuse, and Recycle” have been implemented. 4.2.3.5 Landfill & Incineration without energy recovery If none of the above possibilities are feasible to use, the only final way for the waste treatment will be the disposal or the incineration of the waste. Therefore, it is important to recognize that the disposal of waste to landfills can only be seen as a temporary solution because physically it is only a movement of the waste to another place. In case landfills will be used for the final disposal of the waste, it has to be sure that these landfills will be safeguarded to avoid any migration of harmful substances into the ground. Incineration without energy recovery, on the other hand, is not encouraged because it totally destroys the material removing the possibility of recovering its remaining value. In any case, all relevant laws and regulations of the applicable country have to be followed and the disposal route of waste must be entirely documented by official waste contracts or invoices. Following this procedure is even more important for any hazardous waste which may be generated. 4.2.4 Waste reduction, re-use and recycling examples Depending on the type of production there are many existing good practices on how to minimize waste to landfill or incineration and focus on material efficiency or re-use and recycling instead: 4.2.4.1 Reduce: Increase marker efficiency to minimize cutting waste Use of automated cutting systems to minimize cutting waste Optimized fabric orders to minimize the amount of unused fabric 4.2.4.2 Reuse: Reuse the unused fabrics for other production Reuse of fabric cut-outs for other purposes (smaller items or as filling for 23
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