Leather/Skin/Hide Processing Industry - Environmental Clearance

Conceptual Facets of EIASustainable eco-industrial development looks systematically at development, business andenvironment, attempting to stretch the boundaries of current practice - on one level. It isas directly practical as making the right connections between the wastes and resourcesneeded for production and at the other level, it is a whole new way of thinking aboutdoing business and interacting with communities. At a most basic level, eachorganization seeks higher performance within it self. However, most eco-industrialactivity is moving to a new level by increasing the inter connections between thecompanies.Strategic partnership, networked manufacturing and performed supplier arrangements areall the examples of ways used by the businesses to ensure growth, contain costs and toreach out for new opportunities.For most businesses, the two essentials for success are the responsive markets and accessto cost-effective, quality resources for production or delivering services. In absence ofthese two factors, virtually every other incentive becomes a minor consideration.Transportation issues are important at two levels, the ability to get goods to market in anexpeditious way is essential to success in this day of just in time inventories. The use ofleast impact transportation with due consideration of speed and cost supports businesssuccess and addresses the concerned in community.Eco-industrial development works because it consciously mixes a range of targetedstrategies shaped to the contours of the local community,.Most importantly, it worksbecause the communities wants nothing less than the best possible in or near theirneighborhood. For companies it provides a path towards significantly higher operatingresults and positive market presence. For our environment, it provides great hope that thewaste will be transformed into valued product and that the stewardship will be a jointpledge of both businesses and communities.2.3.2.11 Eco-industrial parkAn eco-industrial park is a community of manufacturing and service businesses seekingenhanced environmental and economic performance through collaboration in managingenvironmental and resource issues including energy, water and materials. By workingtogether, the community of businesses seeks a collective benefit that is greater than thesome of the individual benefits, each company could realize it is an optimized itsindividual performance only. The goal of an eco industrial park is to improve economicperformance of the participating companies by minimizing their environmental impacts.2.3.2.12 Voluntary agreementsVoluntary environmental agreements among the industries, government, publicrepresentatives, NGOs and other concerned towards attaining certain future demands ofthe environment are reported to be successful. Such agreements may be used as a toolwhere Government would like to make the standards stringent in future (phase-wisestringent).These may be used when conditions are temporary and require timelyreplacements. Also, these may be used as supplementary/ complimentary inimplementation of the regulation. The agreements may include:Target objectives (emission limit values/standards)Performance objectives (operating procedures)TGM for Tanneries August 20102-9