no-waste production
nounUK /ˌnəʊ weɪst prəˈdʌkʃən/
US /ˌnoʊ weɪst prəˈdʌkʃən/
Making things in a way that does not throw anything away.
The factory uses no-waste production so that every scrap of material is used.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A manufacturing approach where all leftover materials become new products or energy.
With no-waste production, sawdust from the workshop is pressed into fuel bricks.
3. A business goal of sending nothing to landfill from a production line.
The company reached no-waste production by composting food scraps and recycling packaging.
4. A design principle that plans for every part of a product to be reused at the end of its life.
Their no-waste production plan includes taking back old items to make new ones.