Environmental benchmark analysis of electr(on)ic products with components consisting of renewable raw materials

Author

Maas, Heiko ; Flake, Michael

Author_Institution

Inst. for Geo-ecology, Technische Univ. Braunschweig, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

388

Lastpage

391

Abstract

The objective of this article is to embrace the eco-efficency idea of the WBCSD and the Benchmarking method to promote and to rate the use of renewable raw materials in electr(on)ic products. Especially small and medium sized enterprises spur on the use of renewable raw materials in electr(on)ic products. But as these enterprises are lacking monetary and personnel resources in product development, the need for cooperation and comparison is obvious. Another objective is, by the use of an environmental benchmarking, to promote an ecological quality management in participating enterprices

Keywords

design for environment; product development; recycling; Benchmarking method; comparison; cooperation; ecoefficency idea; ecological quality management; electric products; electronic products; environmental benchmarking; product development; renewable raw materials; Best practices; Biological system modeling; Business; Companies; Personnel; Plastics; Product development; Production; Raw materials; Recycling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992387

Filename

992387