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| Designing taking account of assembly at various levels, for example, components to component, components into sub-assemblies and sub-assemblies into complete products. |
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| Designing a product so that when it becomes obsolete it can easily and economically be taken apart, the components reused or repaired, and the materials recycled. |
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| Design for manufacture (DfM) |
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| Designers design specifically for optimum use of existing manufacting capability. |
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| Designing in relation to materials during processing. |
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| Designing to enable the product to be manufactured using a specific manufacturing processes, for example, injection moulding. |
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| The assessment of the effect a product has on the environment from the initial concept to disposal. |
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| Designing in a way that takes account of the environment impact of the product throughout its life. |
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| A natural resource that cannot be re-made or re-grown as it does not naturally reform at a rate that makes it use sustainable, for example, coal, petroleum and natural gas. |
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| Rebuilding a product so that it is in an "as new" condition and is generally used in the context of car engines and tyre. |
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| Refers to using the materials from obsolete products to create other products. |
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| Resources that are naturally replenished in a short time. |
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| The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing structure or device. |
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| Reuse of a product in the same context or in a different context. |
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