Title :
Documenting product environmental attributes
Author :
Brinkely, A. ; Mann, Tim
Author_Institution :
IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1997.605251
