Background: Optimizing reverse chains is more difficult than forward linear supply chains. Careful consideration should be given to recovery strategies to optimize product reuse as well as recycling. Methods: Using a 450-product dataset from the Melbourne area collection project and literature...

This study develops a multi-echelon closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) optimization model for durable products by considering refurbishment, recycling processes, and carbon regulation. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) is developed for CLSC network design involving suppliers, manufacturers,...

Sustainability management requires differentiated information on the environmental and economic consequences of material demand's increasing and decreasing factors. Material flow cost accounting fails to provide this information due to the common undifferentiated determination of realized costs...

Background: Remanufacturing products for sustainability involves layout and production planning, tools and equipment, material arrangement and handling, inventory management, technology integration, and more. This study presents an empirical vision through a discrete event simulation (DES) model...

Despite growing awareness of the importance of waste prevention in circular economy transitions, substantial volumes of reusable items continue to be discarded. This exploratory case study investigates consumer behavior at a Swedish recycling center, focusing on decisions made at the point of...

Nachhaltigkeit rückt zunehmend in den Fokus der Wirtschaft und der Gesellschaft. Dies gilt insbesondere für Personenkraftwagen als Teil des Mobilitätssektors. Eine Möglichkeit, bestehende Fahrzeuge nachhaltig länger zu nutzen, ist, refabrizierte Ersatzteile zu verwenden. Bisher wird dies...

Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...

"This book presents hard facts, drawn from extensive research, to highlight our unsustainable consumption of the Earth's resources and the limitations of the UK's current management of waste and recycling. Setting out a bleak picture of a world in which we are literally consuming our planet, the...

Natürliche Ressourcen werden zunehmend knapper, unter anderem da weltweit derzeit deutlich mehr natürliche Rohstoffe abgebaut und verarbeitet werden, als die Erde in diesem Zeitraum zur Verfügung stellen kann. Als Nettoimporteur von Rohstoffen ist die deutsche Wirtschaft insbesondere bei...

With strong government advocacy and encouragement, many manufacturers hope to enter the remanufacturing market. Manufacturers who have entered the remanufacturing market hope to increase their profits through effective decision-making. Using game-theoretic models, this study investigates...

A vertical supply chain consisting of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and a downstream retailer, faces internal competition between new and remanufactured products, along with external competition from a third party remanufacturer (3PR). These competitive forces not only affect the...

Die Politik diskutiert aktuell einen Digitalen Produktpass (DPP) als zentrales Instrument zum Aufbau einer Circular Economy, die über eine möglichst lange Nutzung von Ressourcen ein wichtiger Enabler der Klimaneutralität ist. Obwohl es bislang noch kein einheitliches, branchen- und...

Corporate priorities, government policies, and public demand are driving companies across the world to improve their environmental and social footprint. In South Africa, the Petco Producer Responsibility Organisation NPC is scaling up the recycling of plastics, while improving livelihoods for...

In this study, we examine multi-level, dual-channel green closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) that incorporates circular economy (CE) principles. We focus on the implementation of an incentive-based recycling program for customers, and the investigation of various CLSC settings, such as centralized,...

Natürliche Ressourcen werden zunehmend knapper, unter anderem da weltweit derzeit deutlich mehr natürliche Rohstoffe abgebaut und verarbeitet werden, als die Erde in diesem Zeitraum zur Verfügung stellen kann. Als Nettoimporteur von Rohstoffen ist die deutsche Wirtschaft insbesondere bei...

Der vorliegende Diskussionsbeitrag beschäftigt sich mit regulatorischen und politischen Ansätzen zur Verlängerung der Nutzungsdauer von Smartphones in Deutschland, anderen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, den USA sowie auf EU-Ebene. Im Zuge eines steigenden Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsbewusstseins rückt...

Im Zusammenhang mit der wachsenden Bedeutung des Themas Nachhaltigkeit rücken Refurbishment-Geschäftsmodelle auch für Smartphones verstärkt in das öffentliche Interesse. Zunächst ist festzuhalten, dass es sich beim Markt für Refurbished-Smartphones im Vergleich zum Markt für Neugeräte...

Nowadays, manufacturers have engaged in remanufacturing as a potential opportunity to effectively establish a green image. Many of these manufacturers make green promotion efforts (GPEs), marketing the green achievements of remanufacturing in order to improve their green image to attract more...

Nowadays, manufacturers have engaged in remanufacturing as a potential opportunity to effectively establish a green image. Many of these manufacturers make green promotion efforts (GPEs), marketing the green achievements of remanufacturing in order to improve their green image to attract more...