Material Recycling at Product End-of-Life

Author

Dahmus, Jeffrey B. ; Gutowski, Timothy G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

8-11 May 2006

Firstpage

206

Lastpage

211

Abstract

This work focuses on developing a compact representation of the material recycling potential for products at end-of-life. This representation is based on two measures: the value of the materials used in a product and the mixture of materials used in a product. These measures are similar to those used in constructing the Sherwood plot, which relates metal prices to the concentration of metals in a given ore grade. While the Sherwood plot provides insight into the relative attractiveness of mining different ores, the work here provides insight into the relative attractiveness of recycling different products. This information can in turn be used to help guide both product design and recycling policy

Keywords

metals; product design; product life cycle management; recycling; Sherwood plot; material recycling; metal concentration; ore grade; product design; product end-of-life; Biological materials; Costs; Industrial relations; Inorganic materials; Mechanical engineering; Metal product industries; Ores; Pollution measurement; Product design; Recycling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0351-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650062

Filename

1650062