Designer focused quickscan recyclability assessment method

Recycling crosses the fields of resource engineering, metallurgy and materials sciences, and designers cannot be expected to master all these knowledge areas. However, designers need to have access to this knowledge in a simple and clear form, to be able to design products that allow an optimal recovery with minimum quality losses. This is...

Design for Recycling of Electronic Products: How to bridge the gap between design methods and recycling practices

The topic of this thesis is design for recycling (DfR) of electronic products. More than ever before, electronic products are intruding into our everyday life, both in the household and in industry, resulting in increasing numbers of electronic products ending up in waste streams (also known as electronic waste, or e-waste). Electronic products...