• DocumentCode
    333896
  • Title

    Product development and recycle system for closed substance cycle society

  • Author

    Tani, Tatsuo

  • Author_Institution
    Ricoh Co. Ltd., Japan
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1-3 Feb 1999
  • Firstpage
    294
  • Lastpage
    299
  • Abstract
    So as to reduce the environmental burden and to accomplish sustainable development, human society has to change from a mass production and mass disposal type society to a cyclic society where used products are effectively reutilized to the maximum possible extent. There are various recycling methods available as cycling means. Here, the author introduces the “Comet Circle”, a concept which integrates various recycling methods, product design methods based on this concept and actual recycling examples and he considers conditions for the construction of a cyclic society
  • Keywords
    design for environment; product development; recycling; Comet Circle; closed substance cycle society; cyclic society; product design methods; product development; product re-use; recycling methods; Product development; Recycling;
  • 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.1999.747627
  • Filename
    747627