Title :
Making plastics recycling from electronic equipment a commercial reality
Author :
Atola, D.F. ; Biddle, Michael B.
Author_Institution :
MBA Polymers Inc., Richmond, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper compares two different business models for recovering valuable plastics from electronic equipment. Manual plastic sorting is compared to automated plastic sorting. Advantages and disadvantages exist for each. Issues concerning sourcing, processing and sales/marketing are discussed, including their effect upon the respective business model
Keywords :
electronics industry; plastics; recycling; automated plastic sorting; business model; business models; electronic equipment; manual plastic sorting; marketing; material recovery; plastics recycling; processing; sales; sourcing; Business; Consumer electronics; Electronic equipment; Electronics packaging; Marketing and sales; Packaging machines; Plastics; Polymers; Recycling; Sorting;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2000. ISEE 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5962-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2000.857628
