A new approach to end-of-life design advisor (ELDA)
- 7 November 2002
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.00CH37082)
Abstract
The End-of-Life Design Advisor (ELDA) guides product developers to specify appropriate end- of-life strategies. Previous work led to a classification scheme for identifying suitable product end-of-life strategies early in the design cycle of a broad range of products. The product end-of-life strategies include Reuse, Service, Remanufacture, Recycle (disassembly first) and Recycle (shred first). ELDA succeeded in prediction of end-of-life strategies in agreement with industry best practices for 89% of the products. This ability to predict strategies enables designers to redesign products that move towards higher levels of reuse. A 'new ELDA' focuses primarily on technical product characteristics with eco-efficiency as a yardstick. Market developments are included through the functionality-time diagrams. This paper presents results from in depth case studies performed in cooperation with various global companies.Keywords
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