“…In the manufacturing and distribution phases, an automatic tracing approach has been applied for years, and recently many companies used the RFID technology for tracing products from production to the final distribution (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/pdf/faq.pdf; Decathlon, 2017; Gianni et al , 2017; Xia et al , 2015; Rudiger et al , 2012; Sun et al , 2013; Guin et al , 2016; Conti et al , 2011; Ritrovati et al , 2014; Zhang et al , 2016; https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/news/advanced-technologies-tracing-waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment). All the examples reported in http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/pdf/faq.pdf, Decathlon (2017), Gianni et al (2017), Xia et al (2015), Rudiger et al (2012), Sun et al (2013), Guin et al (2016), Conti et al (2011), Ritrovati et al (2014), Zhang et al (2016) and https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/news/advanced-technologies-tracing-waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment show not only the low cost of the RFID technology, but also the economic advantages given by the application of product tracing.…”