Documenting product environmental attributes

Author

Brinkely, A. ; Mann, Tim

Author_Institution

IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

5-7 May 1997

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

56

Abstract

This paper discusses International Business Machines Corporation´s programs and processes for collection and documentation of environmental information about products. Environmental information is required for product technical assessments, product manuals, shipping requirements, product certification programs, brochures and advertising, and product reutilization/recycling programs. Effective programs for collection and documentation of environmental information must consider all of these potential uses of information in their development

Keywords

certification; environmental factors; product development; recycling; user manuals; International Business Machines; advertising; brochures; environmental information; product certification; product environmental attributes; product manuals; product technical assessments; recycling; shipping requirements; Assembly; Batteries; Chemical products; Documentation; Energy efficiency; Government; Packaging; Product design; Recycling; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1997. ISEE-1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3808-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1997.605251

Filename

605251