Collaboration between design and waste management: Can it help close the material loop?

Ordóñez, Isabel; Rahe, Ulrike

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.01.002

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“…). This double dependence calls for a closer collaboration between product designers and waste management as a prerequisite to close the material loop (Ordoñez and Rahe ). According to Bakker and colleagues (), the first item of a future research agenda for products in a circular economy is to establish the optimal product life scenario.…”

Section: The Aluminum Can Casementioning

confidence: 99%

Combining Eco‐Efficiency and Eco‐Effectiveness for Continuous Loop Beverage Packaging Systems: Lessons from the Carlsberg Circular Community

Niero

Hauschild

Hoffmeyer

et al. 2017

J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary Eco‐efficiency (i.e., increasing value while reducing resource use and pollution) can with advantage be combined with eco‐effectiveness (i.e., maximizing the benefits to ecological and economical systems) to address the challenges posed by the circular economy in the design of circular industrial systems. We present a framework combining life cycle assessment (LCA) and the Cradle to Cradle® (C2C) certification program for the development of continuous loop packaging systems, which was conceived for aluminum cans in the context of the Carlsberg Circular Community. As a first step, the environmentally optimal beverage packaging life cycle scenario is identified, both in terms of defined use and reuse. Second, the limiting factors are identified for the continuous use of materials in multiple loops, meeting the two requirements in the C2C certification process that address the material level (i.e., “material health” and “material reutilization” criteria) and the “renewable energy” criterion. Then, alternative scenarios are built to meet C2C certification criteria, and LCA is used to quantify the environmental impacts of the resulting improvement strategies, for example, change in material composition, in order to guide the identification of the optimal scenario from an eco‐efficiency point of view. Finally, the business perspective is addressed by assessing the potential for a green value network business model for a closed‐loop supply. The outcome is a list of prioritized actions needed to implement the most efficient and effective “upcycling” strategy for the beverage packaging, both from an environmental and an economic point of view. In the case of the aluminum cans, the main recommendation from both the LCA and C2C perspective is to ensure a system that enables can‐to‐can recycling.

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Section: The Aluminum Can Casementioning

confidence: 99%

Combining Eco‐Efficiency and Eco‐Effectiveness for Continuous Loop Beverage Packaging Systems: Lessons from the Carlsberg Circular Community

Niero

Hauschild

Hoffmeyer

et al. 2017

J of Industrial Ecology

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“…Such a feedback generated as a result of analysis of ship recycling process can improve ship designs to achieve safe and environmentally sound ship recycling (Jain et al, 2014) as depicted by Figure 3. The collaboration between design of products and waste management is investigated by Ordoñez and Rahe (2013) and Ardente et al (2015) while van Schaik and Reuter (2004), , Mayyas et al (2012) and Tian and Chen (2014) investigated the design for dismantling (DfD) concept for EOL vehicles. The application of DfD concept on ships is studied by Alkaner et al (2006), McKenna et al (2012), Sivaprasad and Nandakumar (2013) and Jain et al (2014).…”

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Quantitative assessment of material composition of end-of-life ships using onboard documentation

Jain

Pruyn

Hopman

2016

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Abstract:Ship recycling yards around the world offer a price to the ship owners for buying an obsolete vessel to demolish and recycle based on the ship's end-of-life weight. The offer price is mainly based on the type of ship and the estimated quantity of steel available. The steel weight estimation, in terms of percentage of lightweight (LDT), is carried out either on the basis of recycling yards' experience or by an expert opinion without using any scientifically rigorous method. The accurate quantification of all the material streams of an end-of-life ship is needed for planning the ship recycling process with better resource allocation and waste management strategies, especially in light of the Hong Kong convention and the new EU regulation on ship recycling. It might also assist in better estimation of cost and income of recycling the ship. A literature survey of the subject found that a clear knowledge gap exists in this area of study, only aggregate data of materials of ships is available, no ship by ship data exist. Thus, in this paper, a methodology to quantify material streams of an individual ship using the information readily available at the end of its life is presented. The advantages of using the developed methodology are explained. Lastly, a few recommendations to improve future ship designs for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling are presented based on the knowledge gained in the methodology development process.

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“…According to Polat and Ballard (2004), the Turkish construction industry greatly suffers from waste due to lack of lean thinking. In the literature, there is a consensus on the relationship between design and construction waste (Osmani et al, 2008;Gamage et al, 2009;Ordoñez and Rahe, 2013). It is revealed that a proximate of 33% of construction waste generated onsite is related to design directly or indirectly.…”

Section: Construction Waste and Lean Thinkingmentioning

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Lean Design Management – An Evaluation Of Waste Items For Architectural Design Process

Mazlum¹,

Pekeriçli²

2016

METU JFA

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Collaboration between design and waste management: Can it help close the material loop?

Cited by 27 publications

References 10 publications

Combining Eco‐Efficiency and Eco‐Effectiveness for Continuous Loop Beverage Packaging Systems: Lessons from the Carlsberg Circular Community

Combining Eco‐Efficiency and Eco‐Effectiveness for Continuous Loop Beverage Packaging Systems: Lessons from the Carlsberg Circular Community

Quantitative assessment of material composition of end-of-life ships using onboard documentation

Lean Design Management – An Evaluation Of Waste Items For Architectural Design Process

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