Figures & data
Figure 1 End‐of‐life options and their relation to product life cycle.
Figure 2 WEEE recovery chain in the UK.
Figure 3 Tasks involved in the Eco2 assessment methodology.
Figure 4 Schematic of different EoL options for a typical electrical and electronic equipment.(a) Recycling through shredding after depollution. (b) Recycling through the recycling process plan.
Figure 5 Material composition data for the refrigerator.
Figure 6 Recycling process plan for the refrigerator.
Figure 7 Performance limits for the refrigerator.(a) Calculation of ecological performance limits. (b) Calculation of economical performance limits.
Figure 8 Actual performance of recycling through shredding after depollution option.(a) Calculation of actual ecological performance. (b) Calculation of actual economical performance.
Figure 9 Actual performance of recycling through the recycling process plan option.(a) Calculation of actual ecological performance. (b) Calculation of actual economical performance.
Table 1. Overall performance of different EoL options.
Figure 10 Comparison of performances of different EoL options for the refrigerator.(a) Ecological performance of EoL options. (b) Economical performance of EoL options.
Table 2. Performance ratios for different EoL options for the refrigerator.
Figure 11 Overall ranking of different EoL options for the refrigerator.
