Design practices for improving the end-of-life disposal of telecommunications equipment

Author

Low, M.K. ; Williams, D.J. ; Dixon, A.C.

Author_Institution

Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK

fYear

1995

fDate

9-11 Oct 1995

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

116

Abstract

This paper presents a comparative case study of eight telephones from European suppliers (UK and Germany) and Far Eastern suppliers (China and Malaysia) to establish their suitability for disassembly and recycling. Whilst the British, Chinese and Malaysian products are supplied to the UK market according to British national specifications, the German equipment adheres to the Deutsche Telekom requirements. The impact of design changes to improve end-of-life practices on manufacturing costs in Europe and the Pacific Rim has been examined. The opportunities for re-use, remanufacture and materials recycling have been identified such that the maximum of added value is retained

Keywords

costing; design for manufacture; product development; recycling; strategic planning; telephone sets; added value; business strategy; design changes; design for recycling; design for remanufacture; design practices; design rules; disassembly; ecodesign; end-of-life disposal; international equipment comparison; manufacturing costs; re-use; telecommunications equipment; telephones;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Clean Electronics Products and Technology, 1995. (CONCEPT), International Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

Print_ISBN

0-85296-651-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19951167

Filename

491998