The home appliance industry continuously works to reduce the impact of production process, 2011-2018
The home appliance industry continuously works to reduce the impact of production processes and particularly the consumption of energy and water as well as the reduction of waste during production processes. Benchmarking with the EU manufacturing industry shows that, in absolute consumption, the home appliance industry reduced the waste generated by 12% from 2011 to 2018. When looking at water consumption, it was reported a decrease of 61% from 2011 to 2018 due to a large improvement and changes in production in some of manufacturers’ facilities. Finally, the energy consumption is reduced by 17% showing a positive trend.
Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
The home appliance industry continuously works to reduce the impact of production process, (2011-2018)
The home appliance industry continuously works to reduce the impact of production processes and particularly the consumption of energy and water as well as the reduction of waste during production processes. Benchmarking with the EU manufacturing industry shows that, in absolute consumption, the home appliance industry reduced the waste generated by 12% from 2011 to 2018. When looking at water consumption, it was reported a decrease of 61% from 2011 to 2018 due to a large improvement and changes in production in some of manufacturers’ facilities. Finally, the energy consumption is reduced by 17% showing a positive trend.
Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data