| 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 |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.procir.2018.03.257 |
| 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. |
| Author Keywords |
Break-even point; sustainability assessment; technology assessment; circular economy; environmental performance; WEEE; sorting; mobile phones. |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) |
| EID |
WOS:000526120800122 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Industrial |
| Research Area |
Engineering |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.03.257
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