Waste Reduction is Top Environmental Concern for Manufacturers Globally
U.S. Newswire, September, 2007
To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS
Contact: Jarrod Erpelding, 1-989-496-1582, Jarrod.Erpelding@dowcorning.com
MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waste reduction is the most important environmental issue facing manufacturing businesses today, according to an international study on sustainability and environmental trends conducted by Harris Interactive for Dow Corning Corporation. Eight out of ten managers and professionals in the USA; Brazil; Italy & Germany rank it as a higher priority than other environmental factors: such as increasing energy efficiency or; developing green (environmentally friendly) products.
But the study of more than 1,000 people also reveals how attitudes about sustainability vary across the world. Managers in China, Korea and India...
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