A logistic concept to improve the re-usability of electric and electronic equipment

Author

Knoth, Reinhard ; Hoffmann, Martina ; Kopacek, Bernd ; Kopacek, Peter

Author_Institution

Austrian Soc. for Syst. Eng. & Autom., Vienna, Austria

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

118

Abstract

If one considers the huge amounts of WEEE (waste from electrical and electronic equipment) which will become available for recovery, one has to strengthen various end-of-life possibilities such as upgrade, re-use, recondition, re-manufacture, resale or recycling of materials. The quality of these end-of-life possibilities are decisively determined by the quality of the logistic systems. Today the end-of-life electric and electronic equipment is mostly regarded as scrap and treated like it is usual for scrap-in a destructive way. This makes it impossible to re-use equipment, components and parts. This paper describes the development of a logistic solution which meets the demands for several re-use strategies and also increases the effectiveness in material recycling

Keywords

design for environment; recycling; electrical equipment; electronic equipment; end-of-life possibilities; equipment re-usability improvement; logistic concept; material recycling; re-use strategies; Electronic equipment; Electronic equipment manufacture; Electronic waste; Environmental management; Europe; Home appliances; Logistics; Manufacturing automation; Recycling; Waste management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6655-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2001.924512

Filename

924512