Green Product Lifecycle Management: Nontoxic Approaches to PCB Design
For Green Product Lifecycle Management to work, those decisions must incorporate
environmental, social, and economic impacts from design through disposal. Lifecycle thinking
understands the value of the materials, production processes, labor, distribution, maintenance-
-and waste management--in terms of energy use, the environment, all types of global human
factors, natural resources, and economic measures.
https://resources.pcb.cadence.com/blog/2019-green-product-lifecycle-management-a-
nontoxic-approach-to-pcb-design
Eco-Friendly Electronic Product Design
If we consider that natural design influences electronic design, we might also consider how
electronic design, devices, and products each can contribute to a sustainable environment.
Continuing with this thought, the electronics industry as a whole and we, as engineers,
designers, and technicians, may have a responsibility to serve as stewards to the environment.
Stewardship balances the need to conduct business and manufacture things for consumption
with the responsibility to preserve and conserve the environment.
https://resources.pcb.cadence.com/blog/2020-eco-friendly-electronic-product-design
Paper Circuit Boards: The Future of PCB Design
Design for Environment (DfE) principles push designers to consider the impact of a product on
human health and the environment. Bringing the principles from concept to reality includes
an assessment of the chemicals used in products and the impact of releasing chemicals when
a product reaches end-of-life. DfE principles also encourage companies to use practices
and technologies that do not harm the environment. Researchers have shown that the
manufacturing of paper-based multi-layer PCBs has a lower environmental impact than the
manufacturing of organic PCBs. Lifecycle assessments of paper PCBs show improvements in
reducing or eliminating the release of toxic chemicals that harm life, deplete the Ozone layer,
and increase global warming.
https://resources.pcb.cadence.com/blog/2020-paper-circuit-boards-the-future-of-pcb-
design
