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Designing Configurator for Take-Back for a Circular Economy – A Conceptual Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

P. K. Mallick ,
D. C. Pigosso ,
K. B. Salling  and
T. C. McAloone
P. K. Mallick*
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
D. C. Pigosso
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
K. B. Salling
Affiliation:
Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark
T. C. McAloone
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
*
pkuma@mek.dtu.dk

Abstract

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Closing the material loop is fundamental to circular economy (CE). However, significant quantities of resources are currently landfilled. Today, companies realise the importance of take-back for CE but face several barriers in implementing it, lack of knowledge, being one such barrier. To address this, a proposal is presented for the design of a configurator to support companies evaluate different approaches, as well as opportunities and challenges for designing and implementing take-back. The paper presents a conceptual framework for the configurator, based on a systematic literature review.

Keywords

conceptual designcircular economytake-backconfiguratorsustainability

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 1041 - 1050
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