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Monday 25. of January 2010 54th BetonTage: Seizing opportunities – shaping the future
The BetonTage congress does not only offer a high-profile technical program – for several decades, it has also been a perfect venue for representatives of the European precast industry to share their experience, to establish...
Wednesday 20. of January 2010 Enterprise Carbon Accounting will see explosive growth
A new research report by Groom Energy Solutions predicts that despite the slow economy software purchases for Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) will grow 600% by 2011. The research report identifies three main drivers for the...
Wednesday 20. of January 2010 Track your personal Carbon Footprint with the new iPhone app "iCarbonCalc"
PE INTERNATIONAL is happy to announce that the iPhone application "iCarbonCalc" is now available in the App Store.
This app allows it to track the personal carbon footprint by adding a variety of activities...
Tuesday 15. of December 2009 Life Cycle Analysis in the building planning
The resources used for a building, the resulting environmental impact and the costs caused during its useful life exceed the costs emerged from its production and construction. In particular, this concerns the expenditure of...
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Waste disposal (End-of-Life) and the environment
The closing the loop and recycling are critical factors in nearly all branches of business management today. The cost of disposal alternatives, the enlarged product responsibility and compliance with requirements and directives for a product's End-of-Life (EoL) treatment (e.g. ELV, WEEE, battery take back or packaging waste directive) are areas of conflicting interests. Therefore, considering combined economic-ecological aspects can be an adequate approach for a company's disposal management.
Compliance with regulations alone does not, however, necessarily constitute the most ecologically-viable option for product disposal. Only an assessment of current standards and alternatives can reveal improvement potentials.
For just this purpose, as part of its wide range of services, PE International offers an ecological-economic assessment of disposal alternatives; eco2 EoL evaluation services - a form of consultancy, based on a newly-developed evaluation method.