第1个回答 2010-11-07
The branch plant of HP, which is located in Oregon, USA, is mainly responsible for manufacturing integrated circuit and finishing final product. It has obtained around 3,000 emplyees so far.
The plant took large amount of CFC as rinse as well as chlorinated solvent before the government stipulated that environmental pllution should be prevented and controlled. Quite a lot of heavy metal deposit in the waste water grew in the process of nickle-plating. What's worse, comparatively old machinery and technology was always used in the production line.
However, since the measures of environmental protection got executed, HP has replaced CFC and chlorinated solvent by citrus-based solvent and rinse containing hydrone. In addition, HP has been recycling the wastes produced in nickle-plating, which is estimated to reduce around 12,000 pound heavy metal deposit annually.
At the same time, HP introduces facilities with greater efficiency in order to decrease the use of chemicals. The shift of production concept can result in longer life expectancy of rinse tank and lower renewal rate of it.
From an economic perspective, the above mentioned various measures save HP the cost which was taken to dispose the heavy metal deposit and the chemicals dealing in wastes in nickle-plating. On top of that, the production cost is lowered due to the facilities with greater efficiency and longer life expectancy. Thanks to the scenario of replacement and recycling, HP can save about 450,000 US dollar of cost each year.
【Source "Electronics Industry Casebook," Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Research Center】