this can be achieved through specific industrial technologies or environmentally friendly technology transfers which affects the entire production structure and the individual production processes cantore and padilla the recycling of waste and materials for example is part of such a green technological process by transferring the relevant technological innovations and the required knowledge to implement such processes highincome countries can play a vital role in greening developing countries industrialisation process unido an additional advantage of such a strategy is the cost factor of input materials this may serve as another driving force to switch towards more environment friendly technologies using input materials more efficiently while simultaneously reducing emissions benefits both the environment and the manufacturing firm in terms of costs unido a