Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
PRO LIGNO, cilt.11, sa.4, ss.707-714, 2015 (Hakemli Dergi)
The businesses turn towards environment friendly production technologies as people are becoming more sensitive about preventing environmental pollution and protecting the natural resources. Accordingly, businesses have adopted strategies for protecting the environment and efficient consumption of natural resources by using the raw material more effectively, and clean production approach has started to take its place in their production policies. This study aims exploring the cleaner production approach, used for increasing environmental sensitivity, based on the forest products industrial businesses in Düzce city, which has an important place in Turkey in terms of forest products industry. Survey method is used as the data collection method in this study for this purpose. The current status of forest industry businesses, energy types they use in production, evaluation of wastes, and practices and policies on environmental sensitivity are examined with the survey forms prepared. After considering the current status of the Düzce forest products industry as a result of the study, it's been determined that it is required to consider environment and production process together for placing clean production approach into the industry.