Waste Management Strategies Design For Recyclability (DFR) -- DFR attempts to use a high volume of recycled content in the products that ar e produced as well as design products with materials that may be recycled at end of their useful service life. Recycling is difficult to implement in practice because diverse materials must be separated and purified befor e they can be reused. DFR attempts to make the recycling process a little bit easier by using two approaches. The first approach is to facilitate a more complete separation of product components, so that the recovered ma terials are purer and therefore easier to recycle. The second approach of DFR involves designing and producing products that are easy to disassemble, therefore making it easier and cheaper to reclaim materials for recycli ng. This is know as Design for Disassembly (DFD). Design For Remanufacturing -- The purpose behind remanufacturing is to renovate and reuse old products. This p rocess enables the recovery and reprocessing of old product parts to be used again in the manufacture of new pr oducts. This process takes advantage of the fact that different parts in a product usually wear out at differe nt rates. Therefore, at the end of some product's life cycles, various components are still operable making th em prime candidates for remanufacture. As various components change over time, designers must also design part s that may be upgraded to accompany new designs in order to have an effective and efficient remanufacturing pro cess. Design For Disposability -- When waste cannot be reduced, eliminated or recycled, designers should attempt to d esign products that are easy to dispose of. This entails making products out of completely biodegradable mater ials so that they will easily decompose into the ground at the end of their service life. It may seem strange to consider how disposable a product is in the initial design stages, but it has critical environmental importa nce once the product has reached the end of its life cycle. After all, a product containing hazardous material s could create serious environmental damage if it cannot be disposed of properly. Thus, design for disposabili ty focus on ways to ensure that a product can be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. Design For Energy Recovery -- This process recovers energy from waste materials in its incineration process or other processes throughout a product's life cycle. Back