Abstract
Waste coming from disposed electrical and electronic equipment WEEE, also called “e-waste”, contains a growing range of electronic appliances of different types and sizes, thus representing an important environmental problem. One of the main problems in e-waste recycling is the lack of collection incentives and recycling infrastructures, as well as the high cost of material collection, handling and processing. A methodology that takes into account technical, economic, legal and environmental issues is proposed in this chapter. The parameters used by this system are the previous expertise of recycling companies, WEEE regulation and economic aspects. The simulation of the proposed solution has been analyzed, together with an economical assessment of the recycling process, in order to show the feasibility of the methodology.
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Rentería, A., Alvarez, E. (2012). Optimizing the Recycling Process of Electronic Appliances. In: Golinska, P., Romano, C. (eds) Environmental Issues in Supply Chain Management. EcoProduction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23562-7_6
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