Journal
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 10-16Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.028
Keywords
Sustainable product design; Eco design; Circular economy; Product life extension; Life cycle optimization
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- Innovation-Oriented Research Program 'Integrated Product Creation and Realization (TOP IPCR)' of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
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Product lifespans of electric and electronic products are in decline, with detrimental environmental consequences. This research maps the environmental impacts of refrigerators and laptops against their increasing energy efficiency over time, and finds that product life extension is the preferred strategy in both cases: refrigerators bought in 2011 should be used for 20 years instead of 14, and laptops for at least 7 years instead of 4. Designers however lack expertise to design for product life extension (through longer product life, refurbishment, remanufacturing) and product recycling. The paper explores a range of product life extension strategies and concludes that tailored approaches are needed. One of the main research challenges is to determine when to apply which product life extension strategy. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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