The adoption of housekeeping practices constitutes one of the more economic ways for preventing pollution. The housekeeping practices concern the improvement of the management techniques of the raw materials, the stock and the produced waste. Moreover, they includes the separation of the waste streams, as well as a more effective planning of the production process.

Furthermore, the housekeeping practices include the improvement of the techniques used for the maintainance of the equipment and the training of the personnel on the industry's policy related to the waste minimisation.