Environmental management : integrating environmental aspects into product design and development
2002
33
9
14-16
environmental impact assessment ; environmental management ; ISO ; product development ; standardization
Technical standardization
English
All products including services have some impact on the environment, which may occur at any or all stages of the product's life cycle -raw material acquisition, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal. Nowadays it is a common understanding that poducts are the major cause of today's environmental pollution as well as depletion of resources.
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