All manuscripts for Journal of Cleaner Production should be submitted electronically through Elsevier Editorial System (EES), which can be accessed at http://ees.elsevier.com/jclepro.

You will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files.

EES automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the EES homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail. The above represents a very brief outline of this form of submission.

Submission of a paper implies that it has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the publisher. Translated material, which has not been published in English, will also be considered. All submissions should be accompanied by a written declaration, signed by all authors, that the paper has not been submitted for consideration elsewhere. Authors are solely responsible for the factual accuracy of their papers.

The following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Cleaner Production:

Original Research Papers: Standard research papers of 6000-8000 words (approximately 10-13 manuscript pages) in length, with tables, illustrations and references, in which hypotheses are tested and results reported.

Educational Initiatives: Reports of research activities, education and training and new courses at academic institutions/industrial training centres in the area of cleaner production, of approximately 1000-2000 words (2-3 manuscript pages).

Governmental Initiatives: Reports on new or existing government programmes and developments, of approximately 1000-2000 words (2-3 manuscript pages).

Technical Product News: Concise scientific summaries/reports of approximately 500 words of new products/technologies of relevance to the field of cleaner production. Illustrations may be included but not company logos.

Conference Reports: Reports on major international conferences of particular interest to The Journal of Cleaner Production, approximately 1000-2000 words.

Notes from the Field: Short reports from the field, approximately 1000-2000 words, designed to explore preliminary results of new studies that are not yet sufficiently documented to warrant publication as a full document.

Book Reviews, Software Reviews and Video Reviews: Reviews of approximately 500-1000 words on new books, software and videos relevant to the scope of The Journal of Cleaner Production.

Letters to the Editor: Letters designed to clarify or respond to the content of a paper previously published in the Journal or to raise questions about future directions of The Journal of Cleaner Production or other issues that a reader may wish to pose that are relevant to the mandate of the Journal.

Calendar of Events: A listing of forthcoming conferences and meetings of relevance to this area of research, providing information on the date, title and venue, and who to contact for further details. Please send any items for addition to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Donald Huisingh, University of Tennessee, (DonaldHuisingh@ln.utk.edu) or the Publisher.

General: Manuscripts must be double-spaced with wide margins on one side of white paper. Manuscripts should not exceed 8.000 words. Good quality printouts with a font size of 12 or 10 pt are required. The corresponding author should be identified (include a Fax number and E-mail address). Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Authors should consult a recent issue of The Journal of Cleaner Production for style if possible. An electronic copy of the paper should accompany the final version. The Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity.

Abstracts: an abstract of approximately 100 words should be provided, outlining the aims, scope and conclusions of the paper. Include 3-5 keywords after the abstract.

Text: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Vitae, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import the Figures or Tables into your text. The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. All other footnotes (except for table footnotes) should be identified with superscript Arabic numbers.

Units: Measurements and data should be given in SI units, or if SI units do not exist, in an internationally accepted unit.

Symbols: Greek symbols should be identified by name in the margin the first time they appear. Abbreviations should only be used for unwieldy terms that occur frequently in the manuscript, and should be used consistently throughout the text. Please clearly define any abbreviations used on first occurrence.

Mathematics: Detailed mathematical discussion should be placed in an appendix. Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right hand side of the page. Special symbols (e.g. Greek letters) should be identified in the margin.

References: All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to references by a number in square brackets on the line (e.g. Since Ashford et al. [1]), and the full reference should be given in a numerical list at the end of the paper.

References should be given in the following form:

[1] Ashford N, Ayers C, Stone R. Using regulation to change the market for innovation. Harvard Environmental Law Review 1985;9(2):419-66.
[2] Matz SA. Snack food technology. Westport, CT: AVI Publishing, 1976.
[3] Gurman AS, Kniskern DP. Family therapy outcome research; knowns and unknowns. In: Gurman AS, Kniskern DP, editors. Handbook of family therapy. New York: Brunner/Maazel, 1981:742-75.
[4] Chaddock TE. Gastric emptying of a nutritionally balanced liquid diet. In: Daniel EE, editor. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility. Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), 1974: 83B92.

Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and given a suitable caption and each table typed on a separate sheet. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs).

Multimedia Files: Elsevier accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier web products, including ScienceDirect ( http://www.sciencedirect.com). In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions

Preparation of Illustrations

General points

• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
• Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
• Only use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide all illustrations as separate files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
• Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.

A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.

Formats

Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):

EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics". TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi. TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi. TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required. DOC, XLS or PPT:If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".

Please do not:

• Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
• Supply files that are too low in resolution;
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content

Line drawings: The lettering and symbols, as well as other details, should have proportionate dimensions, so as not to become illegible or unclear after possible reduction; in general, the figures should be designed for a reduction factor of two to three. The degree of reduction will be determined by the Publisher. Illustrations will not be enlarged. Consider the page format of the journal when designing the illustrations.

Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations.

Photographs (halftones): Remove non-essential areas of a photograph. Do not mount photographs unless they form part of a composite figure. Where necessary, insert a scale bar in the illustration (not below it), as opposed to giving a magnification factor in the caption.

Colour illustrations: Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. Colour reproduction in print: Colour illustrations will be charged to the author. Illustration costs are - 350 for every first illustration. All subsequent illustrations cost - 175. Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the Web only. A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.

Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations.

One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (if we do not have an e-mail address then paper proofs will be sent by post). Elsevier now sends PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader version 7 available free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Instructions on how to annotate PDF files will accompany the proofs. The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrsystemreqs.html#70win.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return to Elsevier in an e-mail. Please list your corrections quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then mark the corrections and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and return by fax, or scan the pages and e-mail, or by post.
Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of your article if no response is received.

Online Publication:
Your article will appear on Elsevier's online journal database ScienceDirect as an "Article in Press" within approximately 4-6 weeks of acceptance. Articles in Press for this journal can be viewed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09596526. An Article in Press may be cited prior to its publication by means of its unique digital object identifier (DOI) number, which does not change throughout the publication process.

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Electronic Offprints (e-offprints):
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use.

Copyright:
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement" (for more information on this and copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a "Journal Publishing Agreement" form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
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Author Enquiries:
For enquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit this journal's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/journals. From here you can also track accepted articles ( http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle) and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed, as well as detailed artwork guidelines, copyright information, frequently asked questions and more.
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Questions or Suggestions to the Editor-in-Chief:
Anyone who wishes to pose questions, make suggestions or to propose to coordinate the development of a Special Issue of The Journal of Cleaner Production is invited to contact the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Prof. Donald Huisingh at the University of Tennessee: DonaldHuisingh@ln.utk.edu