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3. Challenges for manufacturers
A variety of economic, regulatory and strategic issues are driving industrial companies to adopt eco-design for their products.
From an economic point of view, we need to bear in mind the increasing scarcity of raw materials, whose cost can rise (§ 2 ). Savings made during the product's operating phase (such as energy savings) also constitute a competitive...
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Bibliography
Software tools
Ecodesign Pilot http://www.ecodesign.at/
Standardization
French Standards Association (Afnor) http://www.afnor.org
Ecodesign (general)
- Environmental management – Integrating environmental considerations into product design and development - ISO/TR 14062 - 11-02
- Environmental aspects – Electrotechnical standards for products - IEC guide 109 - 06-03
- Écoconception...
Regulations
Law no. 2001-420 of May 15, 2001 on new economic regulations (NRE)
Batteries and accumulators
Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 26, 2006 on batteries and accumulators containing certain hazardous substances and their waste.
Decree no. 99-374 of May 12, 1999 on the marketing and disposal of batteries and...
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Organizations
Eco-responsible administration, interministerial delegation for sustainable development (DIDD), Ministry of the Civil Service, ADEME, IFORE http://www.ecoresponsabilite.environnement.gouv.fr/
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