Manufacturing profits can be significantly improved with a better understanding of waste and how to reduce it. A number of manufacturers, including Proctor & Gamble have set goals of zero waste from manufacturing. For P&G, zero waste means zero manufacturing waste is disposed directly to the landfill or sent to incineration without energy recovery by the site, except where local legal requirements specify that regulated wastes must be disposed in a landfill. This is simply material waste from manufacturing.
