Identifying ways of closing the metal flow loop in the global mobile phone product system: A system dynamics modeling approach

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 113, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-76

  Sinha, Rajib ^a   Laurenti, Rafael ^a   Singh, Jagdeep ^a   Malmström, Maria E ^a   Frostell, Björn ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Closed loop; E waste; Eco cycle; End of life; Mobile phones; Substance flow analysis; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LIFE CYCLE; METAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY; TELEPHONE SETS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

CLOSED LOOPS; E-WASTES; ECO-CYCLE; END OF LIVES; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL MOBILE PHONE PRODUCT SYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INVESTMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MOBILE PHONE; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84975474704     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. M.A. Achachlouei Exploring the Effects of it on Environmental Assessment: From Life Cycle Assessment of Complex Systems Modeling 2015 Ph.D. thesis, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental science and Engineering (SEED), KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
2. P. Andarani, and N. Goto Potential e-waste generated from households in Indonesia using material flow analysis J. Mater. Cycles Waste Manage. 2013 1 15
3. AnyLogic Multimethod simulation software 2014 Available at: http://www.anylogic.com (accessed 21.03.14)
4. F.M. Asif, C. Bianchi, A. Rashid, and C.M. Nicolescu Performance analysis of the closed loop supply chain J. Remanuf. 2 1 2012 1 21
5. F.M. Asif, A. Rashid, C. Bianchi, and C.M. Nicolescu System dynamics models for decision making in product multiple lifecycles Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 101 2015 20 33
6. F.M.A. Asif Resource Conservative Manufacturing: A New Generation of Manufacturing 2011 (Ph.D. thesis), KTH
7. Basel-Convention Guidance Document on the Environmentally Sound Management of Used and End-of-life Mobile Phones 2008 Prepared by Mobile Phone Working Group, (online), available at: http://archive.basel.int/industry/mppi/MPPI (accessed 07.08.13)
8. M. Besiou, L. Van Wassenhove, I. Williams, F. Ongondo, T. Curran, C. O'Connor, M.-Y. Yang, J. Dietrich, M. Marwede, M. Gallo, S. Arnaiz, T. Woolman, B. Kopacek, and G. Obersteiner Enablers and barriers for producer responsibility in the electrical and electronic equipment sector Conference Publications. Electronics Goes Green 2012+ (EGG) Berlin 2012
9. L. Bollinger Growing cradle-to-cradle metal flow systems: an application of agent-based modeling and system dynamics to the study of global flows of metals in mobile phones 2010 (Master thesis at Industrial Ecology) Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands
10. L.A. Bollinger, C. Davis, I. Nikolić, and G.P. Dijkema Modeling metal flow systems J. Ind. Ecol. 16 2 2012 176 190
11. H. Brezet, and C. Van Hemel Ecodesign: A Promising Approach to Sustainable Production and Consumption 1997 United Nations Environment Programme ISBN 92-807-1631X
12. C.N. Cairns E-waste and the consumer: improving options to reduce, reuse and recycle Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, 2005. IEEE 2005 237 242
13. T. Cooper Longer Lasting Products: Alternatives to the Throwaway Society 2012 Gower Publishing Ltd.
14. F. Corsini, F. Rizzi, N.M. Gusmerotti, and M. Frey Extended producer responsibility and the evolution of sustainable specializations: evidences from the e-waste sector Bus. Strategy Environ. 2013 10.1002/bse.1831
15. Eco-Cycle Eco-cycle: Building Zero Waste Communities 2014 (online), available at: https://www.ecocycle.org/index.php (accessed 21.03.14)
16. Ellen MacArthur Foundation Circularity indicators: an approach to measuring circularity Methodology 2015 (online), available at: http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/insight/Circularity-Indicators-Methodology-May2015.pdf (accessed 26.11.15)
17. EU Critical Raw Materials for the eu. Report of the Ad-hoc Working Group on Defining Critical Raw Materials 2010, July Ad-hoc Working Group 84
18. M. Fischer-Kowalski, and H. Haberl Sustainable development: socio-economic metabolism and colonization of nature Int. Soc. Sci. J. 50 158 1998 573 587
19. F.W. Geels A socio-technical analysis of low-carbon transitions: introducing the multi-level perspective into transport studies J. Transp. Geogr. 24 2012 471 482
20. P. Georgiadis, and M. Besiou Sustainability in electrical and electronic equipment closed-loop supply chains: a system dynamics approach J. Clean. Prod. 16 15 2008 1665 1678
21. P. Georgiadis, and M. Besiou Environmental and economical sustainability of WEEE closed-loop supply chains with recycling: a system dynamics analysis Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 47 5-8 2010 475 493
22. R. Geyer, and V.D. Blass The economics of cell phone reuse and recycling Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 47 5-8 2010 515 525
23. T.E. Graedel, and B.R. Allenby Industrial Ecology 2nd ed. 2003 Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ
24. S. Herat, and P. Agamuthu E-waste: a problem or an opportunity? Review of issues, challenges and solutions in Asian countries Waste Manage. Res. 30 11 2012 1113 1129
25. ITU International Telecommunication Union: Statistics 2013 (online), available at: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx (accessed 31.07.13)
26. T. Jackson Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet 2011 Earthscan Publications, Ltd. Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1849713238
27. R. Kuehr Global e-waste initiatives V. Goodship, A. Stevels, Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) handbook. No. 30 in Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials 2012 Woodhead Publishing Ltd. 3 16 (Chapter 1)
28. R. Laurenti Applications of Systems Thinking Within the Sustainability Domain: Product Design, Product Systems and Stakeholder Perspectives 2013 (Licentiate thesis at Industrial Ecology) KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
29. R. Laurenti, J. Singh, R. Sinha, and B. Frostell Towards addressing unintended environmental consequences: a planning framework Sustain. Dev. 2015 doi:10.1002/sd.1601
30. R. Laurenti, J. Singh, R. Sinha, J. Potting, and B. Frostell Unintended environmental consequences of improvement actions: a qualitative analysis of systems' structure and behavior Syst. Res. Behav. Sci. 2015
31. R. Laurenti, R. Sinha, J. Singh, and B. Frostell Some pervasive challenges to sustainability by design of electronic products - a conceptual discussion J. Clean. Prod. 108 2015 281 288
32. A. Leonard, and A. Conrad The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet. Our Communities, and Our Health-and how We Can Make it Better 2011 Free Press
33. C.-S. Liao, and H.-K. Chuang Green product innovation: integrating environmental aspects into electrical and electronic equipment development Manage. Sci. 47 2 2013 250 263
34. C. Meskers, and C. Hagelüken Closed loop WEEE recycling? Challenges and opportunities for a global recycling society Proceedings of the 2009 EPD Congress 2009
35. J.M.V. Navazo, G.V. Méndez, and L.T. Peiró Material flow analysis and energy requirements of mobile phone material recovery processes Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 19 2014 567 579
36. J. Neira End-of-life Management of Cell Phones in the United States 2006 (M.Sc. thesis at Environmental Science and Management for the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management) University of California Santa Barbara
37. N.C. Nguyen, O.J. Bosch, F.Y. Ong, J.S. Seah, A. Succu, T.V. Nguyen, and K.E. Banson A systemic approach to understand smartphone usage in Singapore Syst. Res. Behav. Sci. 2015
38. F. Ongondo, I. Williams, J. Dietrich, and C. Carroll ICT reuse in socio-economic enterprises Waste Manage. 2013 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.08.020
39. OptTek Systems Optquest 2015 Available at: http://www.opttek.com/OptQuest (accessed 11.01.15)
40. M. Panambunan-Ferse, and A. Breiter Assessing the side-effects of ICT development: e-waste production and management: a case study about cell phone end-of-life in Manado, Indonesia Technol. Soc. 2013 10.1016/j.techsoc.2013.04.002
41. W.J. Peng, and D.Z. Su Development of an Online System for Recycling Consumer Electronic Products Using the Internet, NFC and RFID Technologies Key Eng. Mater. 572 2014 90 99
42. Perthmint Precious Metal Prices 2013 (online), available at: http://www.perthmint.com.au/investment-invest-in-gold-precious-metal-prices.aspx (accessed 25.07.13)
43. Phonebloks Phonebloks: A Phone Worth Keeping 2013 (online), available at: https://phonebloks.com (accessed 08.11.13)
44. F. Preston A Global Redesign? Shaping the Circular Economy. Energy, Environment and Resource Governance 2012 Chatham House London (online), available at: http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/papers/view/182376 (accessed 05.04.15)
45. H. Rahmandad, and J.D. Sterman Reporting guidelines for simulation-based research in social sciences Syst. Dyn. Rev. 28 4 2012 396 411
46. A. Rashid, F. Asif, P. Krajnik, and C.M. Nicolescu Resource conservative manufacturing: an essential change in business and technology paradigm for sustainable manufacturing J. Clean. Prod. 57 2013 166 177
47. J. Ravetz Integrated assessment for sustainability appraisal in cities and regions Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 20 1 2000 31 64
48. S. Shokohyar, S. Mansour, and B. Karimi A model for integrating services and product EOL management in sustainable product service system (S-PSS) J. Intell. Manuf. 2012 1 14
49. S. Shokohyar, S. Mansour, and B. Karimi Simulation-based optimization of ecological leasing: a step toward extended producer responsibility (EPR) Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 2013 1 11
50. G.T. Silveira, and S.-Y. Chang Cell phone recycling experiences in the united states and potential recycling options in brazil Waste Manage. 30 11 2010 2278 2291
51. T. Spengler, and M. Schröter Strategic management of spare parts in closed-loop supply chains - a system dynamics approach Interfaces 33 6 2003 7 17
52. J. Sterman Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World 2000 Irwin-McGraw-Hill ISBN:978-0-07-231135-8
53. Takeback-Coalition Responsible recycling vs global dumping 2013 (online), available at: http://www.electronicstakeback.com/global-e-waste-dumping/ (accessed 15.12.13)
54. U. Tischner Sustainable electronic product design V. Goodship, A. Stevels, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook. No. 30 in Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials 2012 Woodhead Publishing Ltd. 404 441 Ch. 19
55. S. Umair, A. Björklund, and E.E. Petersen Social life cycle inventory and impact assessment of informal recycling of electronic ICT, waste in Pakistan L. Hilty, E. Aebischer, G. Andersson, W. Lohmann, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability ETH, Zurich 2013 52 58
56. UN World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision 2013 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (online), available at: http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm (accessed 04.08.13)
57. F. Wang, J. Huisman, A. Stevels, and C.P. Baldé Enhancing e-waste estimates: improving data quality by multivariate input-output analysis Waste Manage. 2013 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.005
58. R. Widmer, H. Oswald-Krapf, D. Sinha-Khetriwal, M. Schnellmann, and H. Böni Global perspectives on e-waste Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 25 5 2005 436 458
59. W. Wilhelm, A. Yankov, and P. Magee Mobile phone consumption behavior and the need for sustainability innovations J. Strateg. Innov. Sustain. 7 2 2011 20 40
60. E. Williams, R. Kahhat, M. Bengtsson, S. Hayashi, Y. Hotta, and Y. Totoki Linking informal and formal electronics recycling via an interface organization Challenges 4 2 2013 136 153