In order to construct so-called “recycling-based society, ” we should get rid of mass production and mass consumption and develop environmentally conscious products. For designing such environmentally conscious products, in addition to utilizing recyclable materials and increasing disassemblability, it is important to design and manage the whole product life cycle appropriately. After introducing the concept of environmentally conscious manufacturing called “inverse manufacturing, ” this lecture explains the importance of life cycle design by describing some examples including limitation of material and energy recovery and possibility of product and component reuse.
