Electronic and electrical products have become indispensable and ubiquitous in many
facets of our daily lives. The quantity with which electronic and electrical products are
produced, consumed and discarded is growing rapidly. In addition, the lifespans of these
products are getting shorter with many products still functioning when disposed of.
Consequently, the combined result of shortened product lifespans with growing demand
and consumption of electronic and electrical products, in both developed and developing
countries is the escalating growth in end-of-life electrical and electronic products.
Electronic waste (e-waste) is highly toxic and is the fastest growing waste stream. Unlike
many other categories of waste, e-waste has particularly unique qualities. It not only
contains many highly toxic substances it also contains valuable materials and precious
metals.
This study highlights particular aspects of obsolescence and e-waste processing which have
implications for the design of electronic and electrical products in our throwaway society.
It investigates growing concerns about the flows of e-waste from industrialised countries to
the developing world where hazardous recycling takes place by a burgeoning informal
sector. Many of whom are marginalized social groups who resort to e-waste recycling for
income and survival. Furthermore, this paper outlines the opportunities for efficient and
economical resource recovery and how the design of electronic and electrical products can
contribute to improve the integrity and value of recyclates and facilitate safe and efficient
end-of-life resource recovery.
DRS 2012 Bangkok
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Design for Longevity: Obstacles and opportunities posed by new public policy developments
This paper explores the implications for design theory and practice of recent public policy
initiatives that aim to promote longer lasting products. Public concern relating to product
lifetimes and, specifically, a perception that manufacturers of certain consumer durables
are responsible for planned obsolescence, is long established. Academic engagement in this
area has latterly increased and governments have taken interest in product longevity as a
means of increasing resource efficiency and reducing waste. One of the driving forces is
the revised EU Waste Framework Directive, which requires Member States to develop
waste prevention programmes and highlights product life extension as a means of reducing
waste. A subsequent Government review of waste policy in the United Kingdom indicated
an intention to promote ‘resource efficient product design’, of which one element would be
‘design for longer life, upgrading, reuse or repair’.
A range of possible implications for designers of this emerging public policy are
considered in this paper, which questions the feasibility of increased product longevity in
the light of the demands of market-oriented and growth-driven economies in Western
Europe and addresses the potential role of designers in achieving such change. Drawing
upon data from a series of semi-structured interviews with design practitioners, it considers
how able and how motivated designers are to respond to the challenge of increasing
product lifetimes and how they might utilise any power they have to affect change.
The paper relates these findings to the UK Government’s pledge to work with businesses to
‘design and manufacture goods that are more efficient, durable, repairable and
recyclable’. Unless businesses see the prospect of commercial gain, they will not specify
such products. The paper concludes that a mix of regulatory and market-based instruments
will need to be adopted by government if increased product longevity is to be regarded by
business as a credible strategy.
DRS 2012 Bangkok
initiatives that aim to promote longer lasting products. Public concern relating to product
lifetimes and, specifically, a perception that manufacturers of certain consumer durables
are responsible for planned obsolescence, is long established. Academic engagement in this
area has latterly increased and governments have taken interest in product longevity as a
means of increasing resource efficiency and reducing waste. One of the driving forces is
the revised EU Waste Framework Directive, which requires Member States to develop
waste prevention programmes and highlights product life extension as a means of reducing
waste. A subsequent Government review of waste policy in the United Kingdom indicated
an intention to promote ‘resource efficient product design’, of which one element would be
‘design for longer life, upgrading, reuse or repair’.
A range of possible implications for designers of this emerging public policy are
considered in this paper, which questions the feasibility of increased product longevity in
the light of the demands of market-oriented and growth-driven economies in Western
Europe and addresses the potential role of designers in achieving such change. Drawing
upon data from a series of semi-structured interviews with design practitioners, it considers
how able and how motivated designers are to respond to the challenge of increasing
product lifetimes and how they might utilise any power they have to affect change.
The paper relates these findings to the UK Government’s pledge to work with businesses to
‘design and manufacture goods that are more efficient, durable, repairable and
recyclable’. Unless businesses see the prospect of commercial gain, they will not specify
such products. The paper concludes that a mix of regulatory and market-based instruments
will need to be adopted by government if increased product longevity is to be regarded by
business as a credible strategy.
DRS 2012 Bangkok
Material Selection for Design, Manufacturing and Application
Zaid, A.I.O.
Developing a new engineering material product or changing an existing one requires new design selecting material and choosing appropriate and economical manufacturing processes. These three main factors play a great role on the performance of the product in service. These items are independent and should not be performed in isolation from each other. With the great advancement of technology in the last decade and with the greater number of engineering materials which are now available, together with the increasing pressure to produce more economic and get reliable products an integrated approach which considers design, material selection and the appropriate manufacturing process makes it easier to achieve the optimum product that combines the functional requirements with the reliability at competitive cost. These diverse activities or items are interdependent; therefore should not be considered in isolation from each other, for example, it is not sufficient that design of the product should satisfy the technical, safety and legal requirements, it must also be possible to be manufactured economically and to be sold at a competitive price and easily disposed at the end of its working life cycle. In this paper, the interaction of these items together in order to arrive to the optimum solution for a particular application are given and discussed.
Advanced Materials XII, ISAM, 12th International Symposium on Advanced Materials, Selected, peer reviewed papers, Islamabad, PK, 26-30 Sep, 2011
Developing a new engineering material product or changing an existing one requires new design selecting material and choosing appropriate and economical manufacturing processes. These three main factors play a great role on the performance of the product in service. These items are independent and should not be performed in isolation from each other. With the great advancement of technology in the last decade and with the greater number of engineering materials which are now available, together with the increasing pressure to produce more economic and get reliable products an integrated approach which considers design, material selection and the appropriate manufacturing process makes it easier to achieve the optimum product that combines the functional requirements with the reliability at competitive cost. These diverse activities or items are interdependent; therefore should not be considered in isolation from each other, for example, it is not sufficient that design of the product should satisfy the technical, safety and legal requirements, it must also be possible to be manufactured economically and to be sold at a competitive price and easily disposed at the end of its working life cycle. In this paper, the interaction of these items together in order to arrive to the optimum solution for a particular application are given and discussed.
Advanced Materials XII, ISAM, 12th International Symposium on Advanced Materials, Selected, peer reviewed papers, Islamabad, PK, 26-30 Sep, 2011
Study on Industrial Design Strategies for Environmental Sustainability
Xu, Ping; Zhang, Yong
The way users interact with products may strongly influence the environmental sustainability. It is significative to outline strategies from the perspectives of users. First, some fashional userbased design concepts were reviewd, and their shortcomings and disadvantages were futher analysed in today environmental sustainability context. Then taking into account of users behavior, emotion and concept impacts enacted throughout the use phase of products, a series of strategies were outlined, such as user-product relationship empathic design, servicebased local common products design, edification design and participatory product redesign. These strategies will be helpful to prolong product lifecycle through establishing intimate emotion connection, reduce resource consumption through lowering the total amount of personal products, deeply change users daily behavior and enhance users environmental consciousness through educational function of product semiotic, and make users have a substantial role in product redesign to strengthen the reuse of the abandoned parts through open design and facilitating disassembly.
ICEEP 2012, International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection
The way users interact with products may strongly influence the environmental sustainability. It is significative to outline strategies from the perspectives of users. First, some fashional userbased design concepts were reviewd, and their shortcomings and disadvantages were futher analysed in today environmental sustainability context. Then taking into account of users behavior, emotion and concept impacts enacted throughout the use phase of products, a series of strategies were outlined, such as user-product relationship empathic design, servicebased local common products design, edification design and participatory product redesign. These strategies will be helpful to prolong product lifecycle through establishing intimate emotion connection, reduce resource consumption through lowering the total amount of personal products, deeply change users daily behavior and enhance users environmental consciousness through educational function of product semiotic, and make users have a substantial role in product redesign to strengthen the reuse of the abandoned parts through open design and facilitating disassembly.
ICEEP 2012, International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection
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