Ecodesign Pilot Product Investigation, Learning and Optimization Tool for Sustainable Product Development, with CD-ROM /

• Main Authors: Wimmer, Wolfgang (Author), Züst, Rainer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
• Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Pollution prevention.; Life Sciences.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Environmental Management.

Up to now, environmental policies have relied mainly on rules, regulations, and prohibitions. This kind of environmental policy -- a clearly reactive approach – has shown a mounting array of limitations. There is a clear need to seek new solutions, in particular those involving the initiative of fir...

Table of Contents:

• It’s not as Simple as that...
• Systematically Identifying Weak Points
• Targeted Identification of Ecodesign Measures
• Preparing Ecodesign for Product Development
• Embedding Ecodesign in Environmental Management
• Successful Initiation of Ecodesign Projects.