Implementing Ecodesign During Product Development: An Ex-Ante Life Cycle Assessment of Wood-Plastic Composites

Development of a Tool for Integrated Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign of Electrical and Electronic Products

This paper describes the development of specifications for a tool that aims at ecodesigning electrical and electronic products. EIME is a Life Cycle Assessment and ecodesign software that was developed by an association of industrials in the nineties to support non-expert practitioners. The basic principle of this interface was to easily grasp the life cycle of Energy Using Products by using mo...

An Ecodesign Method for Product Architecture Definition Based on Optimal Life-cycle Strategies

Durability of wood plastic composites manufactured from recycled plastic

The influence of accelerated weathering, xenon-arc light and freeze-thaw cycling on wood plastic composites extruded from a recycled plastic was studied. The results showed that, in general, weathering had a stronger impact on samples made from plastic waste compared to a sample made from virgin material. After weathering, the mechanical properties, tensile and flexural, were reduced by 2-30%, ...

Life-cycle assessment of flash pyrolysis of wood waste

This work analyzes a process known as flash pyrolysis, which produces bio fuels using biomass for power generation. A life-cycle assessment of flash pyrolysis of wood waste was conducted to study whether a flash pyrolysis plant set up locally would be environmentally friendly. The results obtained show that the process of flash pyrolysis of wood waste is in fact environmentally friendly, and th...

Life Cycle Assessment of Lubricant Oil Plastic Containers in Brazil

Brazil, like many emerging countries, has experienced a fast growth in the demand for automobiles in recent decades. This has produced a significant increase in the amount of hazardous waste to be disposed of, including used lubricant oil. Restrictive regulations are being used by many nations to deal with this problem, focusing on treatments, such as recycling, to avoid resource depletion. Spe...