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Working from the Front End
Designing out waste
Jon Ward and Diana Gibson, Business and Industry Team
Sustainability Victoria
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Formed from the Sustainable Energy Authority Victoria and
EcoRecycle Victoria, as well as taking on an element of the State’s
water program, in October 2005
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Mission to work with Victorians to reduce our everyday
environmental impacts and to utilize our resources more efficiently.
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Target: A Victoria that prospers while reducing its ecological
footprint.
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Budget ~ $ 40 million
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120 staff
Solid waste generation,
Victoria 1993-94 to 2003-04
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waste generation
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Recycled material
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Landfilled solid
industrial waste
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Landfilled municipal
solid waste
1993-94
Million tonnes
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Towards Zero Waste Strategy
Waste hierarchy
Source: David C Wilson 1993, 1997, 2001
TRP Chapter 4.1 4
Defining DfE
“… the development of products by applying environmental criteria
aimed at the reduction of environmental impacts along all stages of
the product life cycle.”
Conny Bakker, Netherlands 1995
Lock-in positive environmental features
eg. secondary materials, Design for Disassembly, Recycling and/or
Remanufacturing, water and energy efficiency
Lock-out negative environmental features
eg. avoid specification of toxic or hazardous substances
It is estimated that 70% of a product’s environmental
impact is determined at the design stage
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Basic DfE Strategies
Efficient design
Keep the material and resource inputs to a minimum. Do more with
less.
Cyclic design
Design to enable materials to be continuously cycled through natural
or industrial systems.
Safe design
Avoid toxic and hazardous substances and processes. Keep human
health in mind as well as ecological impacts.
Communications design
Ensure product and packaging related communications are
informative and Accurate. Encourage responsible consumer
behaviour.
The Total Beauty of Sustainable Products (2001) Edwin Datschefski
Drivers
Reduced production costs for client by using materials efficiently,
reducing assembly time, etc.
Market growth in countries and regions where consumerism is
environmentally oriented.
The ability to supply products into markets where regulatory
requirements demand high levels of environmental performance.
The ability to exploit EcoDesign and environmental drivers as a
catalyst for overall product innovation.
Enhanced company image by demonstrating a commitment to
sustainability and innovation.
Less waste. Higher resource efficiencies.
Premium Cask
Yalumba Wine Company
Design for Disassembly & Recycling
BMW Group
Why DfE doesn’t normally
happen
Its up to the designer to introduce DfE Strategies to product
design and development, unless client is already enlightened.
Seen as low priority among competing design pressures.
No time or mandate for DfE within constraints of product
development brief
Incorporating DfE involves looking at options and trade offs ?
Designers need easy reminders and easy methods for
integrating DfE strategies into product development.
Others involved in the design process need to be educated
about DfE.
EcoRecycle DfE Program
Rethinking Bikelights:
Stephen Mushin
Packaging Systems - Hafele
From this…..
To this……
Blackwell IXL.
Backwell IXL is a privately
owned Australian Company,
with 200 employees. The
company was established in
Geelong in 1858, repairing wood
stoves and gold mining
equipment, progressing in the
1900’s to making stoves. The
company currently produces a
range of appliance products,
heaters and its famous top
seller, ‘IXL Tastic’ range, plus
automotive stampings and
foundry products.
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The Victorian Design Industry
Directly employs 67,000
Generates $ 4.8 Billion spending on design services
Total State economic contribution $ 6.8 Billion
12% of revenue is from exported services , slightly
less than manufacturing exports.
Touches 44,000 firms.
Production and Consumption
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Supplier
Production and Consumption
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Supplier