• DocumentCode
    2590284
  • Title

    Study on TV recyclability

  • Author

    Nishi, Takayuki ; Hirano, Manabu ; Ohashi, Toshijiro ; Ueno, Kiyoshi ; Hiroshige, Yuzo

  • Author_Institution
    Production Eng. Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1-3 Feb 1999
  • Firstpage
    278
  • Lastpage
    280
  • Abstract
    Due to the depletion of natural resources, the shortage of dumping sites and the environmental pollution caused by hazardous chemical substances, there is a growing demand for the recycling of discarded products. The electrical home appliance industry has continued its efforts to develop easy-to-recycle products. In order to recognize the effects of these improvements and to identify subjects for future design for recycling (DFR), this study measures and analyzes the disassembly time and recycleability of TV sets. The results show that disassembly time is reduced by 6-20%, while recycleability improves by 20-25% for medium-size and larger TV sets. This illustrates the desirability of conducting DFR for TV sets, and highlights its effectiveness for preserving the environment
  • Keywords
    design for environment; recycling; television equipment; TV set recycleability; design for recycling; disassembly time; discarded product recycling; easy-to-recycle products; electrical home appliance industry; environmental preservation; Chemical hazards; Chemical products; Electrical products industry; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Home appliances; Industrial pollution; Pollution measurement; Recycling; TV; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-0007-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747623
  • Filename
    747623