ONDIDERATION CONCERNING THE NEED OF SUSTAINABLE ECOLOGICAL DESIGN

Abstract

In the case of each new product the ecological design for a sustainable development imposes the choices of correct materials and “clean” technologies with minimum energy consumption, of proper technologies of materials recycling with full awareness of consumers. The paper presents the stages the industrial product devising passed through. References are made to the principles and key factors of modern design with emphases on policies of material recycling. Plastic materials and possibilities of their recuperation are in focus. Products made from recycled materials are presented. Finally, the use of plastic waste in Romania is analysed, by comparing the activity of firms in different regions of the country.