Title :
Product environmental care, a praxis-based system uniting ISO 14001, ISO 14062, IPP, EEE and ecolabel elements
Author_Institution :
Design for Sustainability Lab., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
Approaches, addressing environmental care in products have been assessed according to requirements which were derived on the basis of practical experiences when implementing Ecodesign/Design for Environment in the electronic industry. Systems examined include ISO standard 14001, ISO technical report (draft) 14062, the European EEE (Environmental conformity initiative) and IPP approaches and ecolabels. None of the approaches as such fulfils all requirements in a satisfactory way. However, if elements with the best scores are combined into one system a very good basis for further tool development is created
Keywords :
ISO standards; design for environment; product development; Design for Environment; Ecodesign; Environmental conformity initiative; IPP; ISO 14001; ISO 14062; ecolabel; electronic industry; praxis-based system; product environmental care; Consumer electronics; Design methodology; Electronics industry; Environmental management; ISO standards; Instruments; Legislation; Recycling; Standardization; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6655-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2001.924501
