Abstract: . . .  initiatives are paying off. Products designed using ECP program guidance are now coming back to IBM recovery centers. Studies performed by IBM on end-of-life equipment of various ages demonstrated overall improvement of ECP-designed products for seven of the fifteen targeted attributes, specifically: 74 LEASING: A STEP TOWARD PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY Page 81 PART III FOCUS ON COMPUTERS 75 • Ease of disassembly. • Battery information and location. • Reduced number of materials (plastics and metals). • Coding of plastic parts. • Finishes on plastic parts. • Labels/marking on plastic parts. • Electromagnetic . . .
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. . .  paying off. Products designed using ECP program guidance are now coming back to IBM recovery centers. Studies performed by IBM on end-of-life equipment of various ages demonstrated overall improvement of ECP-designed products for seven of the fifteen targeted attributes, specifically: 74 LEASING: A STEP TOWARD PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY Page 81 PART III FOCUS ON COMPUTERS 75 • Ease of disassembly. • Battery information and location. • Reduced number of materials (plastics and metals). • Coding of plastic parts. • Finishes on plastic parts. • Labels/marking on plastic parts. • Electromagnetic shielding . . .
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. . .  and Occupational Medicine, Department of Community Health and Family Practice, Howard University College of Medicine Directors Emeriti C. Howard Hardesty, Jr. Andrews & Kurth Kenneth F. Mountcastle, Jr. For more information, please call INFORM at (212) 361-2400. Related Publications Extended Producer Responsibility: A Materials Policy for the 21st Century Bette K. Fishbein, John R. Ehrenfeld, and John E. Young (2000, 290 pp., $30) Waste at Work: Prevention Strategies for the Bottom Line John P. Winter and Anne Marie Alonso (1999, 105 pp., $30) Purchasing Strategies to Prevent Waste and Save Money . . .
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