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1243. Formalising e-waste Supply Chain for Sustainable Development
Invited abstract in session TC-23: Optimization for the Circular Economy, stream Circular Economy, Remanufacturing and Recycling .
Tuesday, 12:30-14:00Room: 82 (building: 116)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Sheeba Pathak
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| Business Analytics and Operations, Surrey Business School | |
| 2. | Wolfgang Garn
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| Surrey Business School, University of Surrey | |
| 3. | Christopher Turner
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| Department of Business Transformation, University of Surrey |
Abstract
The e-waste management market is a major business opportunity with a projection to grow to USD 137.60 bn by 2029 being a key motivator to undertake research in this area. A formal, methodical, organised sector is essential to ensure the best possible collection of e-waste as well as its proper disposal or recycling. While the UN SDG Goal No. 12 aims for responsible production and consumption, businesses are still looking into ways to guarantee that e-waste collection, recycling, or disposal is not an expensive endeavour. This implies that a variety of activities throughout the supply chain would be involved, not only in the collection, disposal, and recycling of e-waste, but also in the establishment of a system for its management.
This paper builds on the novel Present-Unique-Repeatable-Environmentally-friendly (PURE) framework underlying the introduction of makerspaces and Centre for Refurbishment and Recycling of Electrical and Electronic Waste (CReW) & addresses quantitatively how the network flow should be to achieve sustainable development goals of minimising cost and emissions. Also generates employment opportunities while tackling health concerns for those residing within the proximity of landfills. Therefore it ensures a leaner process that can be adopted horizontally across industries while also coining electronic reverse logistics into e-waste's forward logistics as a formal supply chain design
Keywords
- Network Flows
- Optimization Modeling
- Sustainable Development
Status: accepted
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