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The environmental impact of manufacturing operations is a continuing concern due to increasing regulatory pressures, heightening public awareness about the environment, and rising costs associated with the treatment and disposal of wastes. Ford Motor Company has adopted a proactive waste minimization strategy for handling manufacturing emissions in a cost-effective fashion. A waste opportunity assessment was performed at the Livonia Transmission Plant and succeeded in identifying over $1.2 million in waste reduction opportunities. The assessment suggests that immediate, low-cost opportunities to reduce waste generation exist at Ford facilities. These short-term opportunities can be addressed without major process or facility modifications, but they do require a greater investment in time and resources to identify problem areas and to act on them.