Some proposal and examples of marking for easy sorting and separation for the purpose of DFD

Abstract

It has past 5years since the home appliance recycling law, had based on EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) policy, and had been enacted in Japan. This law has brought about Japan unexpected breakthrough. It is a qualitative change in DFE (Design For Environment), especially DFD (Design For Disassembly) of home electric appliance manufacturing design. This report introduces the "Recycling mark" putting on the new developed home electric appliances that is useful to recycling plant operators. And propose these marks spreading widely to all over the world for the recycle-oriented society