Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

A review on printed electronics: fabrication methods, inks, substrates, applications and environmental impacts

J Wiklund, A Karakoç, T Palko, H Yiğitler… - … of Manufacturing and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Innovations in industrial automation, information and communication technology (ICT),
renewable energy as well as monitoring and sensing fields have been paving the way for …

Advances in sustainable approaches to recover metals from e-waste-A review

A Islam, T Ahmed, MR Awual, A Rahman… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
For the rapid growth of population electrical and electronics equipment waste are generated
20 to 50 million tones in world-wide. Half a tonne of e-waste creates by the resident of …

An end-to-end internet of things solution for reverse supply chain management in industry 4.0

C Garrido-Hidalgo, T Olivares, FJ Ramirez… - Computers in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The recent increase in the number of products returned from customers to retailers,
supported by the adoption of environment-friendly policies, has led to a growing need to …

A systematic review of e-waste generation and environmental management of Asia Pacific countries

L Andeobu, S Wibowo, S Grandhi - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to the rapid increase in the use of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) worldwide,
e-waste has become a critical environmental issue for many governments around the world …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers, enablers and market governance: A review of the policy landscape for repair of consumer electronics in the EU and the US

S Svensson-Hoglund, JL Richter, E Maitre-Ekern… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many strategies have been proposed to support the transition to a Circular Economy (CE). In
most cases, circular design and product life-extension practices specify repair as an …

Emerging waste valorisation techniques to moderate the hazardous impacts, and their path towards sustainability

X Wang, C Li, CH Lam, K Subramanian, ZH Qin… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the recent boom in urbanisation, economy, and global population, the amount of
waste generated worldwide has increased tremendously. The World Bank estimates that …

Nature driven bio‐piezoelectric/triboelectric nanogenerator as next‐generation green energy harvester for smart and pollution free society

S Maiti, SK Karan, JK Kim… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electronics wastes (e‐wastes) are the major concern in the rapid expansion of
smart/wearable/portable electronics in modern high‐tech society. Informal processing and …

[HTML][HTML] Digitalisation, sustainable industrialisation and digital rebound–Asking the right questions for a strategic research agenda

S Kunkel, D Tyfield - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Digitalisation is likely to change established economic development processes. This raises
questions about the distribution of the potential welfare gains from industrialisation …

Determinants of residents' E-waste recycling behavioral intention: A case study from Vietnam

H Thi Thu Nguyen, RJ Hung, CH Lee… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
An enormous volume of electronic waste (e-waste) is currently being generated in Vietnam,
threatening to render this country as an e-waste dumping region. Although the residents …