Eco-design in electrical and electronic products

During the last decades electronic equipment industry has experienced rapid expansion, which led to increased level of presence of electric and electronic devices in everyday life. Current trends, improvements of performance, design and new software's caused the rapid obsolescence of these products and the creation of ever larger quantities of electrical and electronic waste. To achieve the concept of sustainable development in the industry of electrical and electronic equipment one of the basic conditions is the application of the principles of eco-design. This means, firstly, identifying direct and indirect impact of products on the environment at all stages of the product life cycle. After performing a detailed analysis of the product life cycle designer should approach to choosing a strategy that will be used as the implementation of the concept of eco-design. The aim of this paper is to review the general principles of eco-design of electrical and electronic products and point out the positive results of their implementation. This paper describes a general method of Life cycle analysis of the product, as well as the basic principles of eco-design with whose implementation can be achieved significant progress in reduction of negative impacts on the environment during all phases of the products life cycle