In the future, national and international environmental legislation may require every supplier of a
product to be responsible for the product for its entire life (operations, use, removal, disposal etc.),
Examples of these legislations include the EU Directive on End-of life vehicles, hazardous material
legislation etc. In addition to this, suppliers may have to provide information about all materials used
in the product to permit deconstruction of the commonly used materials, provide input for scientific
analysis of the composition, and provide classification of the levels of danger related to the materials.
This requires a detailed knowledge of the composition of the materials used.