Ecological information system-data exchange system between manufacturers and recyclers

Author

Ohashi, Toshijiro ; Hiroshige, Yuzo ; Ishida, Tomotoshi ; Midorikawa, Tomoyuki ; Urakami, Takeshi ; Uno, Motoo

Author_Institution

Production Eng. Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

1-3 Feb 1999

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

147

Abstract

In order to realize a sustainable society, economically feasible recycling is essential. Such a system requires effective utilization of product and recycling process information for environmentally conscious product design and efficient, high quality recycling. A prototype of an ecological information system that enables information exchange between manufacturers and recyclers has been developed. Basic functions have been examined and future objectives for practical installation are being discussed

Keywords

design for environment; electronic data interchange; information systems; product development; production engineering computing; recycling; data exchange; ecological information system; economically feasible recycling; environmentally conscious product design; high quality recycling; manufacturers; product information; recyclers; recycling process information; sustainable society; Environmental economics; Information systems; Laboratories; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Product design; Production engineering; Prototypes; Recycling; System buses;

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.1999.747598

Filename

747598