Production for a green economy

Abstract

In the chapter are discussed new approaches of production development in order to achieve the objectives of sustainable development and put the green economy into practice. Conventional approaches to the production must be re-oriented towards the promotion of renewable, cleaner and more effi technologies aimed at the conservation of all natural resources. This requires a new approach to the design of products and their production, and requires the inclusion of post-industrial and post-consumer residues into permanent circulation and the development of eco-innovative management patterns. In the implementation of such solutions the “cradle to cradle” approach could be useful.