Material Assessment: An Example
Wilkhahn + Hahne GmbH & Co., Bad Münder, Germany
Environmental Evaluation of Materials

  Iron metals Zinc PressureCasts AluminiumParts Cast Aluminium Parts Aluminium Diverse Polyamide Polyethylene Polyoximethalyene Polypropylene Polyurethylene Parts Polyurethylene Foam Polyvinylchloride Polyester Latex Foam Veneers Chipboard Solid Wood
Potential for recycling - O - - - O - - - O O - O O - O -
Disposal - O - - - O O ? O X X X O O ? O ?
Product use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Processing & finishing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O
Pre-production O O O O O X O X O X X X X O O O O
Risk of accidents - - - - - - - X - X X X - - - - -
Social acceptance - - O O O O O O - O O X O - - O -
Legal context - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ? -

 

X particularly significant environmental problem
O there is an environmental problem
- given current knowledge there is no environmental problem
? not evaluated

 

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