Many companies, seeking to chart a "greener" path and to improve their bottom lines, have gone beyond rudimentary recycling programs and are looking at the concept of greater landfill diversion.
The OECD Sustainable Manufacturing Toolkit provides seven action steps to sustainable manufacturing, as well as a set of internationally applicable indicators to measure the environmental performance of manufacturing facilities. Paris-based OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – works with governments to promote policies that improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.