We study recycling technology choice, a critical factor that has received little attention in the context of extended producer responsibility, and its interaction with product design-for-recycling in driving the environmental benefits of recycling systems. Collective recycling systems have long...

In this article, we analyze the Minnesota Electronics Recycling Act to explore the benefits and potential drawbacks of a market-based Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) implementation with operational flexibility for manufacturers. Based on publicly available reports and stakeholder...

Using the classic market segmentation approach, we analyze the impact of a firm's remanufacturing operations on its component commonality decision. We find that the decision to make a component common or not may be reversed with the inclusion of remanufacturing, and this reversal is influenced...