A Cloud-Based Disassembly Planning Approach towards Sustainable Management of WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is becoming an important and challenging waste stream in terms of quantity and toxicity. Developing technical solutions for sustainable management of WEEE is becoming a global trend. Disassembly planning plays an important role in End-of-Life treatment of WEEE. Effective disassembly planning can improve the recovery rate and reduce the environmental impact of WEEE significantly. Targeting sustainable WEEE management, this paper aims to propose a cloud-based approach for disassembly planning. The approach provides a comprehensive and standardized service-oriented environment for distributed information sharing, disassembly modeling, evaluation and optimization.