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

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

16

Abstract

This paper presents a method to calculate economic and ecological indicators to evaluate waste in regard to 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 which 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 is discussed

Keywords

design for environment; ecology; economics; recycling; ecological indicators; ecological material index; economic indicators; electronic products design; end of life; life cycle engineering; material recycling; recycling; recycling routes; waste evaluation; Design engineering; Economic indicators; Electrical equipment industry; Electronic equipment; Electronic waste; Hazardous materials; Product design; Recycling; Safety; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2002 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7214-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2002.1003230

Filename

1003230