Remanufacturing in the Circular Economy: Operations, Engineering and Logistics
Remanufacturing in the Circular Economy: Operations, Engineering and Logistics
by Nabil Nasr
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1118414101 | 234 Pages | EPUB | 5 MB
by Nabil Nasr
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1118414101 | 234 Pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Economic growth and rising levels of consumption in developing and developed countries has been observed as being deeply coupled with natural resource usage and material consumption. The increasing need for natural resources has raised concerns regarding issues such as resource scarcity, undesirable environmental impacts due to material extraction, primary production, and suboptimal product disposal, and social or political tensions. Product End-of-Life (EoL) options, such as reusing or recycling, attempt to limit or reduce the amount of waste sent to a landfill, providing strategic means to decouple the link between economic growth and resource usage. These EoL options have the potential to close material loops, further utilizing wastes as resources, reducing environmental impacts, conserving natural resources, reducing material prices, and providing job opportunities in developing countries.