Sustainable WEEE management solution for developing countries applying human activity system modeling

Khan, Safdar Shah; Lodhi, Suleman Aziz; Akhtar, Faiza

doi:10.1108/meq-05-2014-0072

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“…It is in this context that AT provided conceptual elements in the form of a meta framework that informed and guided data analysis and sense-making' (p. 4). Khan et al (2015) also noted that when facing complex electric and electronic waste management issues, AT's particular strengths in problem modeling and solution modeling can guide design researchers to find a design solution at a system level to 'deal with broad spectrum instead of finding short-sighted technical solutions' (p. 87). Furthermore, in Aguayo (2016) and 's study, AT was applied in combination with complexity theory to develop an in-depth understanding of how system 19/34 behaviour emerges through the interaction of a number of interrelated components.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Based on this finding, he emphasized that individual users' characteristics and needs cannot be fully understood if they were analysed separately from the social, cultural and historical context of the activity system. Khan et al (2015) employed AT as a theoretical framework to solve the environmental management issues of electric and electronic waste based on AT's particular attention on connecting individual actions to socio-cultural factors. The study results indicated that addressing complex sustainability issues requires all the relevant actors, including administrations, government agencies, business partners and individuals, to be taken into account in the problem-solving process.…”

Section: Incorporating User Activities' Socio-cultural Context Into Sustainable Design Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A meta-synthesis of the use of activity theory in design for sustainable behaviour

2021

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Over the past decade, the field of design for sustainable behaviour (DfSB) has gained a growing amount of research interest. However, as the field evolves, new challenges also arise. A suitable unit of analysis is needed to contextualize users’ behaviour issues in a broader socio-cultural and long-term perspective. This paper explores the use of activity theory (AT) as a potential lens for guiding empirical analysis and design exploration in DfSB. By employing a meta-synthesis approach, we systematically search and synthesize existing studies that adopted AT in design for sustainability. Key findings show that AT’s principles and theoretical implications are especially useful for helping design researchers frame and address DfSB challenges. We argue that by taking activity as the unit of analysis, the AT lens can enable researchers to incorporate users’ dynamic, multi-level and complex activity systems into DfSB considerations.

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Section: Incorporating User Activities' Socio-cultural Context Into Sustainable Design Considerationsmentioning

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A meta-synthesis of the use of activity theory in design for sustainable behaviour

2021

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“…In general, informal businesses in many developing countries cannot fulfill sustainability assessments (Sauza, Climaco, & Sant'Anna, 2016). The willingness of informal businesses to be involved in realizing SRL activities and participate as well as collaborate in them is very weak (Khan, Lodhi, & Akhtar, 2014;Demajorovic, Auguto, & Souza, 2016). Thus, this study presents the descriptive hypotheses to answer these questions: Hypothesis 7: Informal businesses have conducted sustainable reverse logistics activities.…”

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Interaction Hierarchy to Sustainable Reverse Logistics Activities in Indonesia

Maheswari,

Simangunsong

2023

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

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Many developed countries rely on reverse logistics (RL) to address the increasing amount of electronic waste that causes environmental pollution. Unfortunately, many developing countries, including Indonesia, struggle to develop RL activities. In Indonesia, these activities actually cause severe environmental pollution through the inevitable informal business interactions involved. From the other side, governments in many developing countries admit that they still need informal businesses to help manage waste because of the limited number of government officials in office. Therefore, it is necessary to study the form and hierarchy of informal business interactions for sustainable RL activities, so that decision makers can determine the waste management strategy to be implemented. This study uses a descriptive survey approach and applies the snowball sampling technique in collecting data from six provinces that are centers of e-waste processing in Indonesia. Awareness, interest, desire, and actions of stakeholders, including informal business and government, are measured separately because they cater to different interests. Through the analysis, this research is expected to obtain a clear picture of the interaction level of each stakeholder in the implementation or support of sustainable reverse logistics activities. The results of the study show that informal business and government have a moderate level of awareness. They realize that RL activities can improve people's welfare and prevent environmental pollution, knowing that their business processes must strike a balance between economic development and public health. They are also aware of the risks that must be borne, in addition to the benefits they receive. However, interest and desire level of informal business to implement RL activities are low. Conversely, governments have moderate interest and desire to support RL activities. Although informal businesses have low interest in and desire to implement sustainable reverse logistics, they engage in real action such as providing e-waste bankers, creating a traditional machine to prevent direct interaction between employees and e-waste components, buying expensive technology to prevent air pollution, and willing to become freelancers for electronic manufacturers who are unable to treat e-waste in an environmentally friendly manner. In contrast, the government has a lower level of action in supporting RL activities. They do not have complete data about the existing IEBs, as important messages about preventing environmental pollution due to illegal e-waste processing do not reach these groups. They admit that they have not built an SRL governance system, provided facilities and technology, and implemented strict regulations and mechanisms due to the heavy workload from their main jobs.

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“…The relation between economic and social prioritizes job creation and income to improve living standards, economic welfare and growth that favor social aspects, besides increase level of education and professional development. Intersection between the economic and environmental spheres stresses to create benefit from various activities but still pay attention to environmental sustainability such as designing ecofriendly products and developing methods for electronic product volume reduction [21]. Further, interaction between social and environmental spheres indicates that communities have to use electronic products properly reflected in accountability for life condition of current and future generations.…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Theory Building of Quattro Bottom Line Approach for Sustainable Reverse Logistics from Government Perspective: The Indonesia Evidence

Maheswari¹,

Yudoko²,

Adhiutama³

2018

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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Reverse logistics activities are widely used application to preserve the environment in many developed countries from e-waste problem. Due to lack of public awareness in many emerging countries, implementation of reverse logistics program must be initiated by government. Besides that, reverse logistics practices often fail to balance among profit target achievement, the environmental conservation, and social harmony. Moreover, in the recent years, triple bottom line is not enough since many parties are only focused on their reputation due to they are afraid to be blame as the source of problems. Therefore, this research aims to build sustainable reverse logistics theory for emerging countries through quattro bottom line approach from government perspectives. Theory building process consists of systematic literature review, triangulation of data collection, major part of theory description, conceptualization and operationalization of theory. The result indicates a number of obligation that must be regulated by government for all parties that was divided into four categories, i.e. infrastructures and facilities provision, human resource commitment, regulation establishment, and managerial orientation. This theory can be adopted to measure performance of SRL Implementation.

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Sustainable WEEE management solution for developing countries applying human activity system modeling

Cited by 10 publications

References 27 publications

A meta-synthesis of the use of activity theory in design for sustainable behaviour

A meta-synthesis of the use of activity theory in design for sustainable behaviour

Interaction Hierarchy to Sustainable Reverse Logistics Activities in Indonesia

Theory Building of Quattro Bottom Line Approach for Sustainable Reverse Logistics from Government Perspective: The Indonesia Evidence

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