| Title | Designing on the Basis of Recycling-Metallurgy Possibilities: Material-Specific Rules and Standards for "Anti-Dissipative" Products |
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| ID_Doc | 21817 |
| Authors | Schoch, K; Liedtke, C; Bienge, K |
| Title | Designing on the Basis of Recycling-Metallurgy Possibilities: Material-Specific Rules and Standards for "Anti-Dissipative" Products |
| Year | 2021 |
| Published | Resources-Basel, 10.0, 1 |
| Abstract | The demand for metals from the entire periodic table is currently increasing due to the ongoing digitalization. However, their use within electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) poses problems as they cannot be recovered sufficiently in the end-of-life (EoL) phase. In this paper, we address the unleashed dissipation of metals caused by the design of EEE for which no globally established recycling technology exists. We describe the European Union's (EU) plan to strive for a circular economy (CE) as a political response to tackle this challenge. However, there is a lack of feedback from a design perspective. It is still unknown what the implications for products would be if politics were to take the path of a CE at the level of metals. To provide clarification in this respect, a case study for indium is presented and linked to its corresponding recycling-metallurgy of zinc and lead. As a result, a first material-specific rule on the design of so-called "anti-dissipative" products is derived, which actually supports designing EEE with recycling in mind and represents an already achieved CE on the material level. In addition, the design of electrotechnical standardization is being introduced. As a promising tool, it addresses the multi-dimensional problems of recovering metals from urban ores and assists in the challenge of enhancing recycling rates. Extending the focus to other recycling-metallurgy besides zinc and lead in further research would enable the scope for material-specific rules to be widened. |
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