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Over the last several years the focus on eocdesign moved away from the design of components or simple products only towards the design of systems. Especially the European product-related legislation, e.g. WEEE, RoHS, ErP and REACh, became a major driving force for integrating new design aspects like energy efficiency, materials and resource efficiency and design principles for recycling into the product design process. Standardization of design principles helps companies to meet internationally introduced regulatory requirements. In addition ecodesign principles are extended to the design of manufacturing sites and include the complete supply chain.
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Bloch, W., Quella, F. (2012). New Trends in Ecodesign. In: Matsumoto, M., Umeda, Y., Masui, K., Fukushige, S. (eds) Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3010-6_3
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