Capturing the life cycle of false hair products to identify opportunities for remanufacture

Wilson, Nicky; Thomson, Avril; Moore-Millar, Karena; Ijomah, Winifred

doi:10.1007/s13243-019-0067-0

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“…Most companies still adopt a linear life cycle or cradle-to-grave approach when developing products. It is defined as the linear sequence of a product from production, being used, and finally disposed of (Wilson et al, 2019). This philosophy is popularly known as the take-make-waste strategy (Morone & Yilan, 2020).…”

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Developing Product Sustainability Using Life Cycle Analysis: Case Study Electric Cooker Product

ATSANI,

WENJIA

2024

IJESSS

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Recently, the concept of sustainable development has emerged as a solution to environmental problems. It is widely recognized that the choices individuals make in their daily purchases and consumption patterns have a significant impact on the environment. As such, it is incumbent upon everyone to adopt sustainable lifestyles and strive to preserve resources for future generations. One area where this can be achieved is through product development. Despite the importance of sustainable products, their availability remains limited. In this study, the analysis was performed on a popular electric cooker as a sample product. Various aspects of the product were examined, including the life cycle, the raw materials used, the processing stage, usage phase, and end-of-life. The goal of this study is to gain valuable insights and propose improvements for a more sustainable version of the product. The environmental impact of each stage of the product’s life cycle was also analysed. By this method, some practical approaches for specific steps can be proposed to make the product more sustainable and reduce the harmful impact on the environment. Overall, it is found that there were many opportunities to adjust the various stages of the product’s life cycle to make it more sustainable.

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“…The product is then used by customers for a couple of years until dumped after broken. Implementing a linear life cycle arouses environmental problems such as high volumes of trash accumulation in landfills (Wilson et al, 2019).…”

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Developing Product Sustainability Using Life Cycle Analysis: Case Study Electric Cooker Product

ATSANI,

WENJIA

2024

IJESSS

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“…Wilson worked on capturing the life cycle of false hair products like hair wigs, extensions, toppers, weaves, toupees etc. to identify opportunities for remanufacture (Wilson et al 2019). The book namely "Wig Making and Styling" written by Martha Ruskai and Allison Lowery has been gone through.…”

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Turning Waste into Means: Human Hair Business in a West Bengal Village

Patra,

Bandyopadhyay

2023

IJBA

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The present study is a part of an ongoing research conducted on human hair business at a rural-level entrepreneurship run by the people living in Lohabarh village under Bhagwanpur-1 Block in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. This business is also found in many other villages of this administrative block. It deals with the fallen hair tangles which serve as the main raw materials collected from different rural and urban areas of West Bengal. The products like hair wigs or hair extensions are sold in national and international markets through local and foreign traders or through online platforms. Therefore, a large network of business organizations is involved in the whole process. The study aims to know the process of turning the waste into reusable product along with the exploration of the nature of business organization and to understand the networks connected to international market from such a rural-level entrepreneurship so that the local and global interaction is realized in this context. The study reveals how people do this work at the village level and how it is circulated outside the village. It has enquired about the people involved and the extent of dividends contributing to their economic prosperity. It is revealed that a group of economically backward people had an occupational shift to this work, and it helped them to uplift their economic conditions considerably.

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“…Thus the human hair industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Earlier, people used to buy synthetic hair wigs made of animal hairs [2]. But now a days the demand for natural Remy hair is increasing day by day.…”

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On Mathematical Modelling of the Indian Human Hair Industry in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Manna¹,

Chowdhury²,

Dhar³

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MMEP

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An attempt to model the human hair industry in the post-COVID-19 pandemic situation using mathematical modelling has been the goal of this article. Here we introduce a novel mathematical modelling using a system of ordinary differential equations to model the human hair industry as well as the human hair waste management and related job opportunities. The growth of human hair in the months of nationwide total lockdown has been taken into account and graphs have been plotted to analyze the effect of Lockdown in this model. The alternative employment opportunities that can be created for collecting excessive hair in the post-pandemic period has been discussed. A probable useful mathematical model and mechanism to utilize the migrant labours who became jobless due to the pandemic situation and the corresponding inevitable lockdown situation resulting out of that crisis has been discussed in this paper. We discussed the stability analysis of the proposed model and obtained the criteria for an optimal profit of the said model. Graphs have also been plotted to analyze the impact of the control parameter on the optimal profit.

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Capturing the life cycle of false hair products to identify opportunities for remanufacture

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Developing Product Sustainability Using Life Cycle Analysis: Case Study Electric Cooker Product

Developing Product Sustainability Using Life Cycle Analysis: Case Study Electric Cooker Product

Turning Waste into Means: Human Hair Business in a West Bengal Village

On Mathematical Modelling of the Indian Human Hair Industry in the Post-COVID-19 Era

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