Title :
A tool to support environmentally preferable purchasing of electronic products
Author :
Rifer, Wayne ; Stitzhal, David ; Chalfan, Larry
Author_Institution :
Zero Waste Alliance, Portland, OR, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a project status report and solicits feedback on the development of an environmental assessment tool for electronic product design to assist public procurement agencies in environmentally preferable purchasing. The project grew out of a subgroup of the Western Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative, which examined the potential for market mechanisms for product design-for-end-of-life management. The inter-relationship between environmental design and the development of an end-of-life infrastructure, as envisioned by the National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative, is explored.
Keywords :
design for environment; environmental factors; management; purchasing; National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative; Western Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative; electronic product design; electronic products; end-of-life infrastructure; environmental assessment tool; environmentally preferable purchasing; inter-relationship; market mechanisms; product design-for-end-of-life management; public procurement agencies; Certification; Consumer electronics; Costs; Environmental management; Feedback; Green buildings; Power system management; Procurement; Product design; Project management;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2003. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7743-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2003.1208068