Title :
Some proposal and examples of marking for easy sorting and separation for the purpose of DFD
Author :
Shimamura, Kousuke ; Takahashi, Tetsuya ; Ueno, Kiyoshi ; Ishii, Katsunori ; Tanabe, Yoshihiro ; Mori, Hideki ; Iimura
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp.
Abstract :
It has past 5years since the home appliance recycling law, had based on EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) policy, and had been enacted in Japan. This law has brought about Japan unexpected breakthrough. It is a qualitative change in DFE (Design For Environment), especially DFD (Design For Disassembly) of home electric appliance manufacturing design. This report introduces the "Recycling mark" putting on the new developed home electric appliances that is useful to recycling plant operators. And propose these marks spreading widely to all over the world for the recycle-oriented society
Keywords :
design for disassembly; design for environment; domestic appliances; law; recycling; Japan; design for disassembly; design for environment; extended producer responsibility policy; home appliance recycling law; home electric appliance manufacturing design; recycling mark; recycling plant operator; Design for disassembly; Drilling; Fasteners; Home appliances; Lead; Printed circuits; Proposals; Recycling; Seminars; Sorting;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0081-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619199