Many communities expect companies to act as environmental caretakers and good corporate citizens.
As a result, some governments have enacted regulations that require environmental assessment and evaluation. These regulations include the European Union's Packaging Directive as well as the SEMI S2 Standard. The MAS team's environmental engineers perform and document evaluations, including the measurement and characterization of waste streams and mass balance assessments of individual tools or entire systems. These programs not only help companies meet legal and contractual requirements, but also assist them in developing systems to minimizes negative environmental impacts in a cost-effective manner.