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1. Ecodesign, a tool for innovation
In addition to the public's concern to preserve the human species and its environment, manufacturers must take eco-design into account for purely regulatory reasons (for example, the limit on lead content and three other heavy metals – European Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 2004/12/EC), and also to satisfy the demands of their customers who are concerned about respecting the environment for their image. This is why government and local authority buyers include environmental criteria in their invitations to tender, why the public procurement code mentions environmental protection aspects, and why, last but not least, there is a latent consumer demand for responsible practices on the part of manufacturers.
However, in our view, considering eco-design as a constraint, particularly because of regulatory pressure, is a negative and reductive vision of the concept....
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Notions of environmental impact and eco-products
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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