E-waste stream analysis and design implications

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Kwak, Minjung ^a   Behdad, Sara ^a   Zhao, Yuan ^a   Kim, Harrison ^a   Thurston, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

design for commonality; design for reuse; e waste; end of life; product recovery; take back

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DESIGN; RECOVERY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTES;

DESIGN FOR COMMONALITY; DESIGN FOR REUSE; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; E-WASTES; END OF LIVES; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PRODUCT TAKE-BACK; TAKE BACKS; WASTE RECOVERIES; WASTE STREAM;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

EID: 80053539431     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004118     Document Type: Article

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