ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF PRODUCTS AND STRATEGIES USED TO REDUCE THEM

  • AXINTE C.
    UNIVERSITY OF BACĂU
  • CRISTEA I.
    UNIVERSITY OF BACĂU
  • T. C. KOLIOPOULOS
    TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ATHENS

Abstract

Environmental impacts can occur at every stage of the product life cycle: from product design, through manufacturing and transport, to use by customers and, finally, disposal at the end of a product's life. Minimizing these impacts is a complex challenge, as well as an opportunity. This paper summarizes the strategies which could be applied in order to diminish the environmental impacts of products along their lifetime.

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