@inbook{0b5d8fee066849fc86e4fd12405cc857,
title = "End of life analysis",
abstract = "Under the new European WEEE directive there will be strict limits for disposal of electrical goods to landfill. The area of analysis which takes into account the full life cycle of products and components is called {"}end of life{"} analysis. The idea is that the economic life of components is longer than the life of the initial use. To use this inherent value and to meet such directives, a radically new approach to recycling is needed. Modules components or materials may be reused. This leads to a complex feedback to earlier stages of the supply chain. End of life analysis should predict the life of components with an objective testing for reuse. It can be considered as an extension of predictive maintenance and signature analysis in reliability. The ideal is to have cheap and fast tests on the basis of which decisions about reuse, etc. can be made. The implications for design are considerable.",
author = "H.P. Wynn and \{Figarella Gomez\}, T.R. and \{Di Bucchianico\}, A. and M.H. Jansen and W.P. Bergsma",
year = "2005",
language = "English",
isbn = "981-256-356-3",
series = "Series on Quality, Reliability and Engineering Statistics",
publisher = "World Scientific",
pages = "73--86",
editor = "A. Wilson and N. Limnios and S. Keller-McNulty and Y. Armijo",
booktitle = "Modern Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Reliability",
address = "United States",
}