Life Cycle Stage
Environmental Guidelines
Materials
● Eliminate toxic materials
● Reduce waste
● Increase use of recycled materials
● Manufacture or purchase items without packaging
Production
● Use clean energy
● Reduce amount of production energy necessary
● Reduce amount of waste generated
Distribution
● Packaging- returnable and/or recyclable
● Shipping
● Order parts in bulk to minimize transportation cost/pollution
Use
● Extend the service life
● Use products/materials as intended
● Reduce amount of maintenance/repairs necessary
Recovery
● Ability to disassemble product to separate materials when necessary
● Material recycling possibility