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Introduction<br />

Strategic Priority Need Task Possible Organizations<br />

Business Strategies<br />

Characterize elements of<br />

environmental decision<br />

making<br />

Incorporate<br />

environmental principles<br />

into existing business<br />

infrastructure<br />

Assist small- to mediumsize<br />

companies<br />

implement environmental<br />

management systems<br />

Decision Making Tools<br />

Enhance voluntary<br />

implementation of designfor-environment<br />

(DFE)<br />

Disposition<br />

Create guides to incorporate<br />

DFE into product<br />

design <strong>and</strong> manufacturing<br />

Capture <strong>and</strong> disseminate<br />

information on<br />

disposition options<br />

Establish metrics to ensure<br />

environmental quality in design<br />

processes<br />

Conduct benchmarking of corporate<br />

integration of DFE practices<br />

Analyze existing environmental<br />

financial <strong>and</strong> accounting systems<br />

for performance/cost metrics<br />

Develop guidelines to assist<br />

supply-chain company managers<br />

to incorporate environmental<br />

principles<br />

Devise decision-making <strong>and</strong> financial<br />

analytical tools to support<br />

the underst<strong>and</strong>ing of DFE<br />

benefits<br />

Analyze existing design tools<br />

applicable to DFE practices<br />

Create software-based DFE tools<br />

Provide designers with design<br />

guides, using the APC’s “A Design<br />

Guide for Information <strong>and</strong><br />

Technology Equipment” as a<br />

model<br />

Develop markets for disposition<br />

options<br />

Develop information in a format<br />

that is Web accessible<br />

<strong>Industry</strong>/MCC/EIA<br />

<strong>Industry</strong>/University/<br />

Consortium<br />

MCC<br />

EIA/<strong>Industry</strong><br />

Decision Focus/MCC/<br />

<strong>Industry</strong><br />

Pacific Northwest<br />

Laboratories (PNL)/MCC<br />

PNL/MCC/Software<br />

vendors<br />

EIA/MCC<br />

Recycling industry<br />

Product <strong>and</strong> information<br />

suppliers<br />

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