2. Eco-design principles

While the introduction of this approach is new for the sector, other industrial activities have been practicing it for several decades with some success. The automotive industry, for example, manufactures products with a very high recycling rate, thus minimizing the use of natural resources, just as the design of its engines is more energy-efficient.

• This approach has two main features

• Environmental aspect of an object

  The aim is to optimize its integration into the environment by reducing, as far as possible, the effects of its interaction...