Maturing markets for recycled plastics from WEEE: An elaboration on the consequences for the evaluation of future end-of-life scenarios

Author

Boks, Casper ; Stevels, Ab

Author_Institution

Design for Sustainability Res. Group, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

520

Lastpage

526

Abstract

In recent research, little attention has been given so far the economics of secondary plastics markets. Currently, programs are initiated to investigate the conditions for maturity of these markets. In this paper it is shown that various developments related to in particular legislation and economies of scale (in contrast to e.g., for example technology) have a relatively high impact on the economical and ecological performance of WEE end-of-life scenarios. It is concluded that maturing secondary plastics markets,with favorable economies of scale will greatly benefit-the economics as well as the environmental aspects of end-of-life scenarios

Keywords

design for environment; recycling; ecological performance; economies of scale; environmental aspects; legislation; recycled plastics; secondary plastics markets; Consumer electronics; Economies of scale; Electronic waste; Environmental economics; Flame retardants; Large-scale systems; Legislation; Plastics; Recycling; Sorting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1266-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992413

Filename

992413