Promoting the frontrunners - EU ecolabel criteria requirements on the use of substances for printers, copiers and multifunc-tional devices (MFDs)

Electronics Goes Green 2012+, ECG 2012 - Joint International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kougoulis, Jiannis ^a   Kaps, Renata ^a   Weber, Roland ^b   Posner, Stefan ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

^c SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMABLES; CRITERIA REQUIREMENTS; ECOLABELS; END-OF-LIFE MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; IMAGING EQUIPMENT; INDOOR AIR; PRODUCT END-OF-LIFE; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; PRODUCT RECYCLABILITY; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXHIBITIONS; PRINTING PRESSES; REUSABILITY;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS;

EID: 84871841470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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