Abstract

Managing waste is a global challenge. Electronic wastes have been drawing the attention of the global communities in the recent past. In fact, waste management is a reactive strategy where we think about the extent of recyclability of materials to minimize environmental threats. There is a need for proactive approaches to maximize the volume of recycling of e-waste using simulation. It is possible through Business Process Reengineering and Value Engineering by augmenting appropriate modifications at the design level. Recent reports indicate that consumption of electronic goods has been rapidly increasing and the accumulation of disposable e-waste is at an alarming rate. The options before us are limited to sustain ecological balance, i.e., the product elements may go back to nature (reversibility) or ease of transformability of material to produce goods repetitively without using virgin resources from nature. Reversibility is possible in classical science but very rare in real-life situations due to constraints of feasibility and viability issues. The wide avenues for restoring sustainability solely depend on the ease of recyclability. In fact, recyclability serves the dual aspects, i.e., it leads to achieving sustainability, and at the same time, it strengthens the backbone of the economy. The latter is popularly coined as Circular Economy. This study attempts to develop a comprehensive framework for understanding the concept of recyclability and its essence and emergence in our life to address the concerns toward the environment and commitment toward economic enrichment and holistic growth.

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中文翻译：

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电子废物脆弱性：循环经济作为战略解决方案

摘要

管理废物是一项全球性挑战。电子垃圾在最近已经引起了国际社会的关注。实际上，废物管理是一种被动策略，我们在其中考虑材料的可回收性程度以最大程度地减少环境威胁。需要使用模拟的主动方法来最大化电子垃圾的回收量。通过业务流程再造和价值工程，可以在设计级别增加适当的修改，这是可能的。最近的报告表明，电子产品的消费量正在迅速增加，一次性电子废物的积累速度惊人。我们面前的选择仅限于维持生态平衡，即 产品元素可能会回归自然（可逆性），或者材料的易变性易于重复生产商品，而无需使用来自自然的原始资源。可逆性在古典科学中是可能的，但由于可行性和可行性问题的限制，在现实生活中很少出现。恢复可持续性的广泛途径仅取决于可回收性。实际上，可回收性服务于双重方面，即，它导致实现可持续性，同时又加强了经济支柱。后者通常被称为循环经济。

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