Leveraging intellectual property rights to encourage green product design and remanufacturing for sustainable waste management

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-54

  Krystofik, Mark ^a   Wagner, Jeffrey ^a   Gaustad, Gabrielle ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green design; Intellectual property rights; Patent; Remanufacturability; Remanufacturing; Sustainable waste management

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

GREEN DESIGNS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PATENT; REMANUFACTURABILITY; REMANUFACTURING; SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARKETING; PATENT; POLICY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROFIT; RECYCLING; SOCIAL WELFARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84924368059     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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