Metals Handbook Desk Edition (2nd Edition)
Design for Recycling and Life-Cycle Analysis
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Published:1998
Abstract
Product design greatly influences the recycling and reuse of manufacturing materials. This article presents a design for recycling strategy based on ease of disassembly, minimizing process scrap, using readily recyclable materials, and labelling or otherwise identifying parts. It also discusses the concept of life-cycle analysis (LCA), a quantitative accounting of the environmental and economic costs of using a given material and the energy required to make, distribute, operate, and eventually dispose of the host product and its constituent materials. An important but often overlooked step in the LCA process is to identify potential improvement pathways.
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Member Sign InJohn C. Bittence, Design for Recycling and Life-Cycle Analysis, Metals Handbook Desk Edition, 2nd ed., Edited By Joseph R. Davis, ASM International, 1998, p 1196–1199, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.hb.mhde2.a0003223
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