Posted By Jane Watts
Has anyone experience/dealings in this area of manufacturing, in particular, life-cycle assessments and sustainability checklists?

Posted By Robert K Lewis
Jane

Some questions are easy - others are like this!

The detail behind these activities is vaste and you need to start at the design phase considering how long the item is going to last, how it can be recycled at the end of its life, and the ease of dismantling for recycling. You will need to second guess the recycling techniques available at the end of the life cycle and their cost.

Then move on to the production efficiency and energy usages, including the recycling phase. Some of the figures will be guesstimates at best.

This is going to be a real team effort with your design, production and sales people. There are one or two consultancies in this area but would need to know more detail before I could suggest any names.

Bob

Posted By Carrie Ellerby
Hi Jane,

Agree entirely with what Robert was saying about getting all the team on board.

Also try Envirowise Cleaner Design guidance, they also do some workshops on the sunject which would maybe help. But you would be looking at quite a large task (and not an easy one).

HTH

Carrie