Structured training workshops and webinars

Club members will receive a structured series of training workshops and webinars to guide member companies through the process and procedures for EcoDesign and Product Stewardship, and provide ongoing support to member companies’ EcoDesign teams. The programme of workshops and webinars will be delivered over a five month period.

Networking groups to facilitate sharing information and experience

ENVIRON will organize member companies into groups of up to 10 to go through the workshops and webinars. Our experience of running similar best practice clubs shows that grouping companies into network groups of up to 10 gives an optimum size to facilitate sharing of information and experience between companies. This will also enable ENVIRON to give each company in each group the opportunity for individual attention during the workshops and webinars.

Each network group will start with a one-day introduction workshop in an easily accessible location (e.g. Brussels, London etc). Up to four staff from each member company should attend the introduction workshop.

Practical compliance requirements for product environmental regulations

  • Packaging Directive
  • WEEE Directive
  • RoHS Directive
  • Batteries Directive
  • Marketing and Use of Dangerous Substances Directive
  • REACH Directive
  • Restricted materials and substances of concern
  • EuP Directive.

Best practice EcoDesign technologies and techniques

  • Environmentally friendly materials selection (includes metals, plastics, coatings and finishes)
  • Mechanical design (includes design to minimize material consumption, design for injection moulding, design for assembly/disassembly)
  • Electronic and electrical design (includes power consumption, batteries, circuit boards)
  • Packaging
  • Design for recycling
  • Case study examples of EcoDesign benefits (includes example companies who have benefited from reduced manufacturing costs, reduced end-of-life costs, environmental marketing, functionality and service innovation)
  • Novel, emerging and alternative technologies
  • Product Service Systems and Eco-Innovation
In addition, ENVIRON will invite a selection of external industry experts to provide additional webinar presentations on related key topics.

For further information, please contact Dr Aidan Turnbull
Head of WEEE, RoHS & EcoDesign on +44 (0)1225 748420