Green Manufacturing - Chapter 8

Which is an example of reusing waste material? - A scrap plastic part is ground up and added to new resin for a forming process - Employees use the same vehicle to commute to work - A publisher uses the same test questions in a newly revised text - A child plays with the same toy over and over

A scrap plastic part is ground up and added to new resin for a forming process

According to ________, waste is anything that does not add value to the customer. - standard operating procedure - Lean manufacturing - green manufacturing - enviro-design

Lean manufacturing

Which of the following is not a recycling category? - glass - paper - aromatic - plastic

aromatic

An employee who has a plan for reducing packaging material for transported products should ________. - talk fellow employees into implementing the plan - discuss the plan with a supervisor - focus on their job - apply for a promotion

discuss the plan with a supervisor

A large facility might be able to justify a full time _________ who is responsible for energy consumption, air quality, and other environmental issues. - recycled manager - environmental engineer - management system analyst - ecological economist

environmental engineer

A practical way for smaller companies to handle recycling is to ___________. - hire a staff expert whose only job is managing the recycling effort - consider just discarding waste material to landfills. Recycling isn't for everyone - create a voluntary recycling system among willing employees - hire an outside contractor to provide and empty recycling containers

hire an outside contractor to provide and empty recycling containers

It makes the most sense to repair products that have a __________. - low cost of repair and low value - low cost of repair and high value - high cost of repair and low value - high cost of repair and high value

low cost of repair and high value

A press punch punches 20 transformer laminations out of a 5' by 5' blank sheet. The unused portion of the sheet represents ________ waste. - planned production - unplanned production - packaging - toxic

planned production

In order to reduce scrap and rework, workers should __________. - maintain good attendance - record rejected or nonconforming product in a nonconformance report - complain to the CEO - rework and repair components and tell no one

record rejected or nonconforming product in a nonconformance report

A practical and responsible way to deal with unwanted plastic and glass products is to _______ them. - burn - recycle - bury - crush

recycle

Organizations that pay for recycled material are called __________. - recycling vendors - eco-investors - greenbacks - friends of the earth

recycling vendors

The practice of deciding not to use certain resources or materials in the manufacturing process is an example of which "R"? - refuse - reduce - reuse - recycle

refuse

If a complex and expensive component cannot be used it might be ________. - sold without a warrantee - disposed of in a landfill - repaired - given to a worthy employee

repaired

An effective way to communicate how to segregate recyclable material is to ________. - post signs on recycling bins in as many languages as are spoken in the facility - place all material to be recycled into a common container and separate it later - use graphics and color coding to identify containers for various types of material - encourage workers to "spread the word" about how to use recycling containers

use graphics and color coding to identify containers for various types of material

A comprehensive approach to recycling involving participation by all employees and suppliers is called ___________. - goal oriented recycling - best manufacturing practices - eco-design - zero waste to landfills

zero waste to landfills