Product Environmental Care, A Praxis – Based System Uniting ISO 14001, ISO 14062, IPP, EEE And Ecolabel Elements

摘要

Approaches addressing Environmental Care in products have been assessed according to requirements which were derived on the basis of practical experiences when implementing EcoDesign /Design for Environment (DfE) in the electronic industry. Systems examined include ISO standard 14001, ISO technical report (draft) 14062, the European EEE and IPP approaches and Ecolabels. None of the approaches as such fulfill all requirements in a satisfactory way. However, if elements with the best scores are combined into one system a very good basis for further tool development is created.