| Title | The Proposal of an Environmental Break -Even Point as Assessment Method of Product -Service Systems for Circular Economy |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 5232 |
| Authors | Barletta, I; Despeisse, M; Johansson, B |
| Title | The Proposal of an Environmental Break -Even Point as Assessment Method of Product -Service Systems for Circular Economy |
| Year | 2018 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | In this paper we propose a method to assess technology-based product-service systems and help manufacturing companies in decision making with a new indicator: the environmental break-even point (e-BEP), equivalent to the economic indicator applied to environmental performance. A case study is presented to provide a concrete application of the indicator: when designing an optical sorter for electronic waste, the e-BEP revealed how many mobile phones must be either repurposed or recycled for the sorter to offset the system's environmental impact. The e-BEP shows potential to make CEOs and production managers adopt a product life-cycle thinking in their technology investments. 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.03.257 |
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