| Title |
Design for and from Recycling: A Circular Ecodesign Approach to Improve the Circular Economy |
| ID_Doc |
1962 |
| Authors |
Leal, JM; Pompidou, S; Charbuillet, C; Perry, N |
| Title |
Design for and from Recycling: A Circular Ecodesign Approach to Improve the Circular Economy |
| Year |
2020 |
| Published |
Sustainability, 12, 23 |
| DOI |
10.3390/su12239861 |
| Abstract |
In the context of a circular economy, one can observe that (i) recycling chains are not adapted enough to the end-of-life products they have to process and that (ii) products are not sufficiently well designed either to integrate at best their target recycling chain. Therefore, a synergy between product designers and recycling-chains stakeholders is lacking, mainly due to their weak communication and the time-lag between the product design phase and its end-of-life treatment. Many Design for Recycling approaches coexist in the literature. However, to fully develop a circular economy, Design from Recycling also has to be taken into account. Thus Re-Cycling, a complete circular design approach, is proposed. First, a design for recycling methodology linking recyclability assessment to product design guidelines is proposed. Then, a design from recycling methodology is developed to assess the convenience of using secondary raw materials in the design phase. The recyclability of a smartphone and the convenience of using recycled materials in a new cycle are both analyzed to demonstrate our proposal. The Fairphone 2(R) and its treatment by the WEEE French takeback scheme are used as a case study. |
| Author Keywords |
design for recycling; design from recycling; ecodesign; circular economy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000597906800001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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