Abstract
This paper presents quantifiable sustainability elements in manufactured consumer electronic products. A 'Sustainability Scoring' method is introduced at the design stage. A new product can be evaluated using this method for its integral elemental and the overall sustainability contents impacting the product when it reaches the end-of-life by considering the entire life-cycle, including the effective residual use of recovered materials in the subsequent life-cycles of the same or different products. This procedure can also be used by design engineers for comparison with a similar product, such as a prior or a subsequent model, or one from a competitor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 251-264 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2009 |
Keywords
- Electronic products
- Environment
- Life-cycle
- Society
- Sustainability
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
