1. University of Tennessee Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies Maria Leet Socolof socolofml@utk.edu www.cleanproducts.com socolofml@utk.edu Suppliers Partnership for the Environment Design for the Environment Auto Sector Life Cycle Management Methodology Workshop Troy, MI January 21, 2004

2. UT Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies (CCPCT) Mission –To develop, evaluate, and promote environmentally friendly products and technologies that minimize pollution at the source and contribute to long-term sustainable development Purpose –Assist producers and other stakeholders in cooperative efforts to design products and processes to reduce life-cycle environmental impacts

3. CCPCT LCM-related Projects Industry sectors: –Automotive –Electronics Project types : –Life-cycle Assessment (LCA) –Environmental Management Systems (EMS) –Supply Chain Management –Extended Product Responsibility (EPR) –End-of-Life (EOL) Management –Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment (CTSA) –Design For Environment (DFE) –Printing –Carpet

4. Life-Cycle Assessment Projects: –Saturn Car –Partnership for a Generation of New Vehicles (PNGV) –Computer Display Project –Lead-Free Solder Project Tools: –Evaluate LCA tools –Develop Life-Cycle Design Toolkit –Apply other tools (e.g., GaBi)

5. Life-Cycle Management Environmental Management Systems (EMS) –Integrated EMS guidance tool incorporates a risk component with an EMS tool for EPA DfE Saturn Supply Chain Management –Identified and assessed methods that OEMs and their suppliers can employ to promote cleaner production to all members of the supply chain in the automobile industry. Extended Product Responsibility (EPR)/EOL –Convened 1 st conference on EPR (1994) –Served on PCSD on defining EPR in US –Voluntary initiatives (carpet & electronics industries) –Car recycling in industrialized & developing countries

6. Design for the Environment Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment (CTSA) –Evaluates a set of competing processes or products –Focuses on manufacturing processes and associated toxicity risks for EPA DfE Program Design for Environment (DFE) –Focus on design of product system –Applied in LCA and CTSA projects, examples: Molded in color fascia study (car LCA) Door insert alternatives study (car LCA) Hot air solder leveling (HASL) process in electronics industry (CTSA)