An Operational Eco-efficiency Concept Linking Design and Recycling of Consumer Electronic Products
Producers of consumer electronic products need to take into account the environmental and economic consequences of the end-of-life phase of their products. The most important driver behind this are the recent EU Directives on Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restrictions on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This paper discusses a concept for addressing environmental and economic values for electronics recycling. This concept is applied on the issue of balancing early design strategies with expected endof-life treatment processes. From this, three general design strategies are defined for improving environmental and economic end-of-life performance of products: reduce parts and materials that are burdening, reallocate materials or components and improve connections. The environmental and economic feasibility of the suggested improvements are determined based on actual redesigns. Finally, evaluation of the redesigns is performed in order to check whether or not an environmental and/or economic improvement is realized. The concept presented in this paper show how producer responsibilities on end-of-life treatment can be better fulfilled in practice. The paper also addresses the boundary conditions and limits for improvement of consumer electronic products by applying Design for End-of-Life.
Jaco Huisman Nicole Eikelenberg Ab Stevels
国际会议
The 4th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology(第四届固体废物管理与技术国际会议)
北京
英文
481-497
2009-11-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）