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Use of Qualitative Tools for Evaluating the Implementation of Green Design in Industries
Summary
This review evaluates qualitative tools used to assess how well industries have implemented green design and supply chain management practices. While not directly about microplastics, better green design in manufacturing can reduce plastic waste at the source and lower environmental contamination.
Abstract The emergence of major environmental impacts caused by industrial activities can be observed, which generates great pressure for the adoption of more sustainable practices in companies. One of the alternatives for this is the Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), composed of various practices, one of them being Green Design (GD). Analyzing the current state of the literature on this topic, it is observed that the studies, for the most part, approach the creation of implementation or evaluation indicators for GD and few deal with them in a combined and easily applicable way. Thus, a gap is perceived with regard to proving the possibility of incorporating sustainable aspects into industrial products and processes through the application of GD using non-complex qualitative tools. Therefore, the overall objective of this research is to analyze the feasibility of applying GD in industries using this type of tool. To this end, a literature review on GD was carried out, from which a qualitative tool focused on its implementation and evaluation was identified. Then a case study was developed in an industry, and, for each indicator of the chosen tool, a general analysis of the content was carried out and then suggestions for improvements in the processes and product analyzed were presented. With this, it was possible to highlight that the applied tool allows sustainable practices related to GD to be implemented and evaluated in industrial scenarios of any branch, due to the generic character of the indicators.
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