Economic and ecological material index for end-of-life and design of electronic products

Author

Herrmann, C. ; Eyerer, P. ; Gediga, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Life Cycle Eng., Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany

Volume

27

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This paper presents a method to calculate economic and ecological indicators to evaluate waste regarding material recycling. As material recycling is still a preferred option for closing the loop of electric and electronic equipment (EEE), it is important to have an indicator that offers the feasibility to evaluate the benefits and burdens of different recycling routes according to the contained materials and elements. Depending on the description of the economic and ecological potential of waste, the requirements and calculation method will be discussed.

Keywords

consumer electronics; cost-benefit analysis; design for disassembly; economic indicators; product design; recycling; waste handling; ecological indicators; economic indicators; electric equipment; electronic equipment; electronic product design; end-of-life; life cycle assessment; life cycle engineering; material index; material recycling; waste evaluation; Economic indicators; Electronic equipment; Electronic waste; Electronics industry; Environmental economics; Hazardous materials; Power generation economics; Product design; Recycling; Waste materials; EEE; End-of-Life; EoL; LCA; LCE; life cycle assessment; life cycle engineering; of electric and electronic equipment;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-334X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEPM.2004.832215

Filename

1331570