• DocumentCode
    2411220
  • Title

    Supply chain to supply cycle: Mining plastics from electronics to close the loop

  • Author

    Biddle, Michael ; Riise, Brian ; Slijkhuis, Chris

  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    MBA Polymers is the leader in the world at recycling plastics from end-of-life durable goods such as electronics, large and small appliances, IT/office equipment and automobiles. MBA, which literally started in a garage in CA, invested over $50 million from 1993 to 2005 inventing, developing and demonstrating its state-of-the-art automated technology to recover plastics from extremely complex mixed material streams. From 2005 to present, MBA has continued to develop the technology, but has focused on commercializing the technology, particularly in Asia and Europe, where electronics recycling is firmly established.
  • Keywords
    WEEE Directive; plastics; supply chains; electronics recycling; end-of-life durable goods; plastics mining; plastics recycling; supply chain; supply cycle; waste electrical and electronic equipment; Asia; Automobiles; Automotive materials; Commercialization; Europe; Home appliances; Plastics; Polymers; Recycling; Supply chains;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4324-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156726
  • Filename
    5156726