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Circular economy thinking to develop sustainable electronic products, business models and designs

Circular economy thinking to develop sustainable electronic products, business models and designs
Circular economy thinking to develop sustainable electronic products, business models and designs
Driven by the UN’s Sustainable Development goals, which has identified the issue of electronic waste growing significantly and the challenges of recycling/reusing electronic components, there is a need to research new possibilities in sustainable and recyclable printed electronic devices. The change in business models and industry and consumer device flows will also have implications. The circular model puts more emphasis back onto producers who have more knowledge to make an impact on the sustainable use of electronic devices than traditional waste management companies. This study, carried out in conjunction with the Arm-ECS Research Centre, explores the intersection of design and the circular economy. The paper identifies circular economy opportunities in the electronics sector via a review of both academic and grey literature and an accompanying SWOT analysis, with a focus on electronic components and the boards/packages (whole sub-systems, parts, materials) that make up
electronic systems, and circular business models. Challenges to be addressed and overcome in order to implement a transition to circularity for the electronics sector are identified and discussed.
Circular economy, Sustainability, e-products, Business Models
CISA Publisher
Williams, Ian
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Williams, Ian
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Williams, Ian and Shittu, Olanrewaju Sheriff (2022) Circular economy thinking to develop sustainable electronic products, business models and designs. In Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Circular Economy and Urban Mining, Capri, Italy, 18-20 May 2022. CISA Publisher..

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Driven by the UN’s Sustainable Development goals, which has identified the issue of electronic waste growing significantly and the challenges of recycling/reusing electronic components, there is a need to research new possibilities in sustainable and recyclable printed electronic devices. The change in business models and industry and consumer device flows will also have implications. The circular model puts more emphasis back onto producers who have more knowledge to make an impact on the sustainable use of electronic devices than traditional waste management companies. This study, carried out in conjunction with the Arm-ECS Research Centre, explores the intersection of design and the circular economy. The paper identifies circular economy opportunities in the electronics sector via a review of both academic and grey literature and an accompanying SWOT analysis, with a focus on electronic components and the boards/packages (whole sub-systems, parts, materials) that make up
electronic systems, and circular business models. Challenges to be addressed and overcome in order to implement a transition to circularity for the electronics sector are identified and discussed.

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Published date: 18 May 2022
Keywords: Circular economy, Sustainability, e-products, Business Models

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Local EPrints ID: 474071
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/474071
PURE UUID: 72673312-b572-4d12-b249-aff38899b638
ORCID for Ian Williams: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0121-1219
ORCID for Olanrewaju Sheriff Shittu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7494-4229

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Date deposited: 10 Feb 2023 17:43
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:43

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Author: Ian Williams ORCID iD
Author: Olanrewaju Sheriff Shittu ORCID iD

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