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5. Conclusion
Sustainable development has become a major challenge, as we strive to preserve our civilization and our planet. In this context, eco-design is at the forefront, enabling sustainable development requirements to be taken into account "at source", and it is at this level that action is most effective.
At first glance, one might think that environmental regulations would be a constraint on manufacturers, naturally resulting in a loss of competitiveness. Experience shows that the opposite is true in most cases. Manufacturers who have practiced eco-design have raised questions about their products that they had never asked themselves before, which have led them to seek solutions and think differently about design. The result is often surprising: the eco-design approach has not only helped to reduce the environmental impact of products, but has also led to the design of...
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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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