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Design for and from Recycling: A Circular Ecodesign Approach to Improve the Circular Economy

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  • Jorge Martínez Leal

    (Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, I2M Bordeaux, F-33400 Talence Cedex, France)

  • Stéphane Pompidou

    (Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, I2M Bordeaux, F-33400 Talence Cedex, France)

  • Carole Charbuillet

    (Arts et Métiers, Institut de Chambéry, F-73375 Le Bourget-du-Lac, France)

  • Nicolas Perry

    (Arts et Metiers, CNRS, I2M Bordeaux, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France)

Abstract

In the context of a circular economy, one can observe that (i) recycling chains are not adapted enough to the end-of-life products they have to process and that (ii) products are not sufficiently well designed either to integrate at best their target recycling chain. Therefore, a synergy between product designers and recycling-chains stakeholders is lacking, mainly due to their weak communication and the time-lag between the product design phase and its end-of-life treatment. Many Design for Recycling approaches coexist in the literature. However, to fully develop a circular economy, Design from Recycling also has to be taken into account. Thus Re-Cycling , a complete circular design approach, is proposed. First, a design for recycling methodology linking recyclability assessment to product design guidelines is proposed. Then, a design from recycling methodology is developed to assess the convenience of using secondary raw materials in the design phase. The recyclability of a smartphone and the convenience of using recycled materials in a new cycle are both analyzed to demonstrate our proposal. The Fairphone 2 ® and its treatment by the WEEE French takeback scheme are used as a case study.

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  • Jorge Martínez Leal & Stéphane Pompidou & Carole Charbuillet & Nicolas Perry, 2020. "Design for and from Recycling: A Circular Ecodesign Approach to Improve the Circular Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-30, November.
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    1. Kriwet, A. & Zussman, E. & Seliger, G., 1995. "Systematic integration of design-for-recycling into product design," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 15-22, March.
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