Title :
Journey to a Sustainable World
Author :
Pfahl, Robert C.
Author_Institution :
Motorola Adv. Technol. Center, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA
Abstract :
Environmental attributes are becoming a factor of growing importance at all stages of an electronic product´s life cycle from design to end-of-life. The Journey to a Sustainable World is Motorola´s theme for its environmental programs. The paper highlights the activities of Motorola´s Environmental Technology Programs, focusing on its product goals and activities to achieve these goals. Additional information on Motorola´s goals, programs and achievements on the Journey to a Sustainable World are available at http://www.mot.com/EHS/
Keywords :
design for environment; electronic equipment manufacture; recycling; Environmental Technology Programs; Journey to a Sustainable World; Motorola; electronic product life cycle; end-of-life; environmental attributes; environmental programs; product goals; Consumer electronics; Electronics industry; Europe; Hazardous materials; Lead; Packaging; Performance analysis; Recycling; Research and development; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1266-6
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992489
