Non-energy related policy options to foster eco-design of electronics products

Author

Maxwell, D. ; McAndrew, L. ; Schischke, K. ; Stobbe, L. ; Nissen, Nils F. ; White, O.

Author_Institution

Global View Sustainability Services, (GVSS) Ltd., London, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

6-8 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

281

Lastpage

285

Abstract

Consumer electronics have yet to reap the full potential of green technologies and ecodesign. The European policy framework is supposed to foster the implementation of environmentally benign product design, but largely addresses substance restrictions and energy efficiency in the use phase only. Resource consumption, usage of recycled plastics, bio-based materials and fewer substances of health and environmental concern, lifetime extension and design to facilitate recycling are only some of the design options, which enable additional significant environmental improvement potential. The paper explores the possibilities to incentivise these design features through policy measures.

Keywords

consumer electronics; design for environment; electronic products; recycling; bio-based materials; consumer electronics; electronics products; environmental improvement potential; environmentally benign product design; facilitate recycling; foster eco-design; green technologies; nonenergy related policy options; resource consumption; Consumer electronics; Electronic waste; Europe; Instruments; Lighting; Production; bio-based material; commercial refrigeration; computers; ecodesign; fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions; imaging equipment; life-cycle; lighting; recyclability; televisions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0233-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2011.6031846

Filename

6031846