Title :
Supply chain to supply cycle: Mining plastics from electronics to close the loop
Author :
Biddle, Michael ; Riise, Brian ; Slijkhuis, Chris
Abstract :
MBA Polymers is the leader in the world at recycling plastics from end-of-life durable goods such as electronics, large and small appliances, IT/office equipment and automobiles. MBA, which literally started in a garage in CA, invested over $50 million from 1993 to 2005 inventing, developing and demonstrating its state-of-the-art automated technology to recover plastics from extremely complex mixed material streams. From 2005 to present, MBA has continued to develop the technology, but has focused on commercializing the technology, particularly in Asia and Europe, where electronics recycling is firmly established.
Keywords :
WEEE Directive; plastics; supply chains; electronics recycling; end-of-life durable goods; plastics mining; plastics recycling; supply chain; supply cycle; waste electrical and electronic equipment; Asia; Automobiles; Automotive materials; Commercialization; Europe; Home appliances; Plastics; Polymers; Recycling; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4324-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156726