Reverse logistics is a process in which a manufacturer accepts products from consumers for
possible remanufacturing, recycling, reuse, or disposal. Reverse logistics can extend the life …

Interest in the area of disassembly and remanufacturing in the electronics industry has
intensified in recent years. The abundance of scrapped products after their use has triggered …

As the power of consumers is growing, the product return for customer service and customer
retention has become a common practice in the competitive market, which propels the …

Description The last few years have seen a tremendous growth in the demand for durable
consumer goods. The rapid development and improvement of products have given rise to …

Reverse logistics deals with the movement of products from consumers back to the
producers. It is the process of collecting these used products, breaking them down into their …

For some years, the massive spreading of technically complex products as well as the
shortening of product life cycles have led to a constantly rising return flow of discarded …

The increasing amount of waste in Western Europe is becoming more and more an issue of
high importance. In consequence, many countries' legislation becomes stricter heading …

This paper reviews the problems that many electronics manufacturers are facing in a society
of rules and regulations that are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious. The …

The challenge for designers in today's waste-disposal-aware society is to produce
environmentally compliant systems. This chapter describes critical environmental …

Estimates vary about the rate at which end-of-life computer products have been piling up,
but the total population of spent computers is likely to reach into the hundreds of millions. To …