Improvement objectives and strategies for basic type A
(raw material intensive product)

Use alternative materials

Selecting the right materials

Use less of a given type of material

Reducing material inputs

Make intensive use of resources

Optimizing product use

Optimizing product functionality

Improving maintenance

Use resources as long as possible

Increasing product durability

Improving reparability

Reuse materials contained in the product

Improving disassembly

Reuse of product parts

Recycling of materials

Improvement objectives and strategies for basic type B
(manufacture intensive product)

Use less energy and material in the production process

Reducing energy consumption in production process

Optimizing type and amount of process materials

More efficient use of materials used in the production process

Avoiding waste in the production process

Purchase of external materials/components

Ecological procurement of external components

Use the product as intensively as possible

Optimizing product use

Optimizing product functionality

Improving maintenance

Use the product for a longer period of time

Increasing product durability

Improving reparability

Reuse components and/or the product

Improving disassembly

Reuse of product parts

Improvement objectives and strategies for basic type C
(transportation intensive product)

Change packaging

Reduction of packaging

Change transportation

Reduction of transportation

Improvement objectives and strategies for basic type D
(use intensive product)

Realize a high degree of functionality

Optimizing product functionality

Improving maintenance

Ensure safe use of the product

Ensuring environmental safety performance

Reduce energy and material input at use stage

Reducing consumption at use stage

Avoidance of waste at use stage

Improvement objectives and strategies for basic type E
(disposal intensive product)

Use alternative materials

Selecting the right materials

Prolonged Use of the Product

Increasing product durability

Improving reparability

Disassembly and Recycling

Improving disassembly

Reuse of product parts

Recycling of materials