3. EIME methodology fundamentals

3.1 Product description

A life-cycle analysis enables us to measure environmental impacts by precisely identifying all the flows generated, stage by stage. This analysis can be very costly, given the amount of information that needs to be collected at each stage.

The EIME method is based on modeling a product using elementary building blocks, known as generic modules, classified in the database. A distinction is made (figure 5 ):

functional sub-assemblies known as "components", whose environmental impact can be calculated independently, as a first approximation and in relation to the overall impact of the product in which...

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References

(1) - FD X 30-310 - Prise en compte de l'environnement dans la conception et le développement des produits. Principes généraux et application. - Avant-projet du document AFNOR, mai (1998).
(2) - BRINKLEY (A.), KIRBY (J. R.), CHARRON (F.) -...

Standardization

Plastiques - Identification générique et marquage des produits en matière plastique. - ISO 11469 - 2000
Marquage et déclarations environnementaux - Autodéclarations environnementales (étiquetage de type II). - ISO 14021 - 1999
Marquage et déclarations environnementaux - Déclarations environnementales de type III. - ISO/TR 14025 - 2000

Legislation

Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on Article 9.

Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of January 27, 2003, on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic...