Economic and environmental evaluation of design for active disassembly

Peeters, Jef; Vanegas, Paúl; Dewulf, Wim; Duflou, Joost

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.043

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“…The schematic diagram of a such technology is presented in Figure 5 and starts from the obsolete DPCs. Taking into account that the final step of DPCs manufacturing is based on manual assembling and in accordance with recent studies [34,41], it is clear that only the manual primary dismounting can assure a complete valorization of the all included materials. Subsequently, the extracted DPCMBs must be treated manually to remove the LiBs and AHS.…”

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“…Practically, because the great majority of the cited technologies are focused mainly on metals recovery and high profitability, the problem of the nonmetallic parts (NMPs) recycling is neglected or treated inadequately. For example, in the pyrometallurgical processes, the NMPs are considered as supplementary fuel and, consequently, their recycling rate is, practically, 0% [34]. Similarly, the physico-mechanical approach leads to highly inter-contaminated metallic and nonmetallic fractions, the last ones containing variable amounts of plastics, epoxy resins, glass, fiberglass, ceramics and, most often, extremely toxic compounds like heavy metals traces and flame retardants [35].…”

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confidence: 99%

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"Influence of the composition evolution of waste computer motherboards on their recycling strategy "

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Even if the mobile devices gain more popularity comparing to the desktop personal computers (DPCs), the last ones are still intensively used where highly computing or storage capabilities are required. Because the replacing rate of DPCs are very high, the amount of obsolete equipments is also huge, reclaiming adequate efficient and ecological recycling techniques. In this field, the main efforts are focused on the DPCs motherboards (DPCMBs) recycling because, even if they represent only 5 to 10% from the DPCs weight, they concentrate up to 80% from the recoverable value. By accounting the DPCMBs' traditional and incipient recycling technologies, it is obvious that none of them can solve alone the problem of this waste type. In this context, during the present work, the composition evolution of 10 DPCMBs released between 1998 and 2008 was evaluated and analyzed, the obtained results being used to design a feasible and eco-friendly combined strategy for integral DPCMBs recycling.

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“…• Encourage the use of low cost disassembly embedded design, such as the use of active fasteners (connections that can be unfastened simultaneously through a specific trigger or a combination of triggers), to maximise the material/part reuse without compromising the product use phase (Duflou et al, 2008;Peeters et al, 2015;Peeters et al, 2017).…”

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Sustainable aluminium recycling of end-of-life products: A joining techniques perspective

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“…For example, while shredding could be a good option for metal-rich products such as a microwave oven, shredding of EoL RVCs results in high losses of electronic components as well as the high value plastics [14]. A disassembly-based treatment has been found to be more efficient in the recovery of precious metals and plastics from EoL products compared to generalized processing based on size reduction [32].…”

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Product Family Approach in E-Waste Management: A Conceptual Framework for Circular Economy

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Abstract:As the need for a more circular model is being increasingly pronounced, a fundamental change in the end-of-life (EoL) management of electrical and electronic products (e-products) is required in order to prevent the resource losses and to promote the reuse of products and components with remaining functionality. However, the diversity of product types, design features, and material compositions pose serious challenges for the EoL managers and legislators alike. In order to address these challenges, we propose a framework that is based on the 'product family' philosophy, which has been used in the manufacturing sector for a long time. For this, the product families can be built based on intrinsic and extrinsic attributes of e-products as well as of the EoL management system. Such an approach has the potential to improve the current EoL practices and to support designers in making EoL thinking operational during the product design stage. If supported by a better EoL collection, presorting and testing platform, and a family-centric approach for material recovery, such a framework carries the potential to avoid the losses occurring in today's e-waste management system. This, in turn, could facilitate a smooth transition towards a circular model for the electrical and electronic industry.

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Economic and environmental evaluation of design for active disassembly

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Cited by 41 publications

References 27 publications

"Influence of the composition evolution of waste computer motherboards on their recycling strategy "

"Influence of the composition evolution of waste computer motherboards on their recycling strategy "

Sustainable aluminium recycling of end-of-life products: A joining techniques perspective

Product Family Approach in E-Waste Management: A Conceptual Framework for Circular Economy

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