RDL - Re-Distribution-Logistic
HISTORY of RDL
Untill the 1980s: Waste volumes increased. > Waste management
strategies were implemented.
In the 1990s: These strategies of the 1980s were insufficient to
stop the fast increases in waste volumes.
> Production-focused strategies were implemented, coming along
two distinct lines:
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Environmental Management Systems (EMAS, ISO 14000)
This strategy is broadly implemented today, helping to reduce the increase of industrial waste volumes.
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Eco-Design of Products (DfE, Design for Environment)
This strategy helped to develop a number of innovative products according to broadly accepted criteria, including factors such as the repairability, upgradability, recyclability of goods.
In the 2000s: The strategies of the 1990s could still not change the tide of increasing waste volumes, because
- REPAIRABILITY does not mean REPAIRING!
- UPGRADABILITY does not mean UPGRADING!
- RECYCLABILITY does not mean RECYCLING!
> Utilization-focused strategies are therefore needed to realize
the ecologic potential inherent in eco-designed goods, in order
to increase the ecologic efficiency during their utilization and
re-utilization of goods in a 'loop economy'
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