Final Customer Purchasing from the Product Producer
Use Steps: Use steps include all the customer's value added activities or the consumption of the product itself. These steps include all the costs the customer incurs in employing the product in its intended use.
B.
Resources: Reduce resources required for the use of the product
3.
Energy: Reduce the energy the customer uses with the product
B. Health – Reduce the toll the product takes on the customer's health
Remove components toxic or dangerous to others
| No. | SIC | Year | Note |
| 1 | 2800 | 1989 | Micro Vesicular Systems is developing a paint that combines the best properties of oil and water-based paints. It's smooth like oil, but has a water base so its chemicals don't evaporate (better for environment). |
| 2 | 2911 | 1990 | Arco replaced leaded gasoline at its pumps in the LA area with a new reformulated fuel. It cuts pollution in old cars and trucks. It's priced the same as its predecessor. |
| 3 | 3640 | 1995 | Philips electronics said it developed a long-life fluorescent lamp containing so little mercury that the used bulb will no longer be considered a hazardous waste. |
| 4 | 3679 | 1993 | Sanyo's nickel metal hydride batteries are free of cadmium, a toxic heavy metal. |
| 5 | 3900 | 1990 | Cosmosol's new hair spray contains no alcohol, so it won't create pollution. |
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