Life-cycle modeling framework for electronic waste recovery and recycling processes
| Autor: | Hadi Moheb-Alizadeh, S. Ranji Ranjithan, Joseph F. DeCarolis, Robert B. Handfield, Eda Kemahlıoğlu-Ziya, Megan K. Jaunich |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics
0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Environmental economics 01 natural sciences Electronic waste Material recovery Extended producer responsibility Management system Key (cryptography) Environmental science 021108 energy Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 161:104841 |
| ISSN: | 0921-3449 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104841 |
| Popis: | Policies and regulations such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) have been implemented to potentially increase the recycling rate of electronic waste (e-waste), but the cost and environmental impacts of associated collection, transportation, material recovery, material re-processing, and disposal could outweigh the benefits of recycling if the e-waste management system is not effectively designed and implemented. This paper presents a quantitative, holistic framework to systematically estimate life-cycle impacts and costs associated with e-waste management. This new framework was tested using data from the state of Washington's EPR program to represent e-waste collection, transportation, processing and disposal. Sensitivity of process-level life-cycle model outputs to parameter and input variability was also conducted. Drop-off using fossil-fuel-powered personal vehicles was found to be a key contributor to cost and carbon dioxide emissions. Decision-makers must account for drop-off and consider the feasibility of alternate e-waste aggregation strategies to ensure life-cycle benefits of e-waste recycling are maximized. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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