only design for disassembly was a significant predictor and the amount of variance explained by each regression models were 32.2 percent for recondition (b = 0.524, p < 0.001), 31.8 percent for remanufacture (b = 0.578, p < 0.001) and 32.2 percent for recycle (b = 0.411, p < 0.01).