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  • Review
  • Open Access
69 Citations
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22 Pages

16 March 2023

Confronted with serious environmental problems caused by the growing mountains of plastic packaging waste, the prevention and control of plastic waste has become a major concern for most countries. In addition to the recycling of plastic wastes, desi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,685 Views
19 Pages

20 February 2025

The growing accumulation of solid waste from consumerism and the traditional linear economy poses significant risks to environmental sustainability and human health, increasing pressure on manufacturers to design more recyclable products. Design for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
12,230 Views
30 Pages

Design for and from Recycling: A Circular Ecodesign Approach to Improve the Circular Economy

  • Jorge Martínez Leal,
  • Stéphane Pompidou,
  • Carole Charbuillet and
  • Nicolas Perry

25 November 2020

In the context of a circular economy, one can observe that (i) recycling chains are not adapted enough to the end-of-life products they have to process and that (ii) products are not sufficiently well designed either to integrate at best their target...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,793 Views
11 Pages

Recycling-Oriented Design in Soft Robotics

  • Anh Minh Nguyen and
  • Arthur Seibel

12 August 2019

Soft robotics is a novel approach in the field of robotics. Soft robots or soft actuators are typically polymer-based and are characterized by their flexibility and adaptability, which brings new far-reaching applications. Soft robotics is currently...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,689 Views
17 Pages

6 January 2023

The global novel coronavirus pandemic has caused a surge in the use of masks worldwide. A large number of used masks that have not been properly handled enter the environment, which caused and will cause serious ecological problems. The purpose of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,309 Views
19 Pages

The Design Value for Recycling End-of-Life Photovoltaic Panels

  • Michele Calì,
  • Bekkay Hajji,
  • Gioele Nitto and
  • Alberto Acri

9 September 2022

The production of electric energy has been increasingly deriving from renewable sources, and it is projected that this trend will continue over the next years. Among these sources, the use of solar energy is supposed to be considered the main future...

  • Article
  • Open Access
189 Views
16 Pages

6 January 2026

In order to comply with the principle of sustainable development in product design, in addition to the mechanical properties of products, recycling properties should also be taken into account at the early stages of design. This paper explores the in...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,230 Views
8 Pages

The global plastic pollution crisis demands a shift to a circular economy focused on sustainability and resource efficiency. This study examines the current linear approach to plastic use, which depends heavily on fossil fuels and waste materials and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
34,739 Views
21 Pages

11 December 2020

In line with efforts to create a circular economy of plastics, recent EU legislation is strengthening plastic bottle recycling by ambitious separate collection targets and mandatory recycled content obligations. Furthermore, explicit design requireme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,085 Views
17 Pages

10 August 2021

The influence of government policies on the selection of recycling channels has been widely discussed, but there are few studies from the perspective of product Eco-design. This paper examines the recycling channel options for a manufacturer applying...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,423 Views
18 Pages

7 January 2025

The design process is a complex task in which different goals and properties have to be achieved. Nowadays, end-of-life issues are increasingly being considered in addition to typical design properties such as durability, appearance or quality. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,680 Views
18 Pages

Design and Testing of an Integrated Corn Stubble Residual Film-Recycling Machine

  • Le Wei,
  • Xiaolong Liu,
  • Wei Sun,
  • Wuyun Zhao,
  • Hui Li,
  • Hua Zhang,
  • Hongling Li,
  • Jiadong Liang,
  • Yongzhi Li and
  • Ningning Zhao
  • + 1 author

14 October 2024

The existing residual film-recycling machines struggle to efficiently recover and separate film stubble in a single operation. With roller-type film-rolling device unloading difficulties and other problems, in order to improve the recovery efficiency...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,270 Views
15 Pages

LRP-Based Design of Sustainable Recycling Network for Electric Vehicle Batteries

  • Xiaping Hu,
  • Wei Yan,
  • Xumei Zhang,
  • Zhaohui Feng,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Baosheng Ying and
  • Hua Zhang

29 January 2022

Driven by energy shortages and climate concerns, the electric vehicles are popular around the world with their energy-saving and environmentally friendly advantages. As electric vehicle batteries (EVBs) mainly use lithium batteries, and the batteries...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,518 Views
26 Pages

The purpose of this paper is the design of a potato drip irrigation tape recycling machine that would not require manual assistance or suffer from broken tapes. To clarify the recycling performance of the new potato drip irrigation tape recycling mac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,726 Views
30 Pages

Eco-Design of Energy Production Systems: The Problem of Renewable Energy Capacity Recycling

  • Svetlana Ratner,
  • Konstantin Gomonov,
  • Svetlana Revinova and
  • Inna Lazanyuk

24 June 2020

Due to the rapid development of recycling technologies in recent years, more data have appeared in the literature on the environmental impact of the final stages of the life cycle of wind and solar energy. The use of these data in the eco-design of m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,727 Views
21 Pages

Multi-Micro/Nanolayer Films Based on Polyolefins: New Approaches from Eco-Design to Recycling

  • Geraldine Cabrera,
  • Ibtissam Touil,
  • Emna Masghouni,
  • Abderrahim Maazouz and
  • Khalid Lamnawar

28 January 2021

This paper describes a future-oriented approach for the valorization of polyethylene-based multilayer films. The method involves going from eco-design to mechanical recycling of multilayer films via forced assembly coextrusion. The originality of thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,564 Views
62 Pages

18 October 2024

Modules (or parts) of a car are a complex functional material combination used to deliver a specified task for a car. Recovering all materials, energy, etc., into high-grade materials at their end of life (EoL) is impossible. This is dictated by the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,646 Views
15 Pages

Mechanical Recycling of Post-Industrial PC/ABS Blends from the Automotive Sector by Mixture Design

  • Silvia Zanatta,
  • Carlo Boaretti,
  • Eleonora Dal Lago,
  • Luca Scopel,
  • Diego Penzo and
  • Michele Modesti

7 February 2024

The widespread use of plastic materials poses significant environmental challenges, which have promoted a growing call for a circular approach to such materials, emphasizing waste reintegration into production. From this perspective, the present stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,606 Views
22 Pages

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research has illuminated how technology can influence users’ awareness of their environmental impact and the potential for mitigating these impacts. From hot water saving to food waste reduction, researchers hav...

  • Review
  • Open Access
110 Citations
17,553 Views
22 Pages

Advanced Shape Memory Technology to Reshape Product Design, Manufacturing and Recycling

  • Wen Guang Yang,
  • Haibao Lu,
  • Wei Min Huang,
  • Hang Jerry Qi,
  • Xue Lian Wu and
  • Ke Yuan Sun

22 August 2014

This paper provides a brief review on the advanced shape memory technology (ASMT) with a focus on polymeric materials. In addition to introducing the concept and fundamentals of the ASMT, the potential applications of the ASMT either alone or integr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,908 Views
12 Pages

2 November 2019

Many factors impact on the sustainability of road maintenance, including the organization of road authorities, contract forms used, financing structure and, unfortunately, political interference and corruption. However, this paper reviews the opportu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
25,457 Views
17 Pages

Public Participation in Designing the Recycling Bins to Encourage Recycling

  • Kiriaki M. Keramitsoglou and
  • Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis

18 April 2018

Recycling bin design has been shown to be important in guiding and changing waste management practices. The top-down imposition of recycling scheme components, the various colour signage, the different types of recycling bins per material even in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,409 Views
21 Pages

12 December 2023

With the rapid development of the economy and the change in people’s aesthetic concepts, the renewal of furniture has become more and more frequent. Among the huge amount of used furniture, solid wood and wood-based panel furniture account for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
131 Views
19 Pages

Physicochemical Recycling of Cotton from Textile Waste Driven by the Ionic Liquid [DBNH][AcO] via Wet Spinning Through Factorial Design of Experiments

  • Paula Mercado-Martínez,
  • Sergi Gonzalez-Zaragozá,
  • Javier Pascual-Bernabéu,
  • Karen Gutiérrez-Silva,
  • Gorka Marco-Velasco,
  • Josep Pasqual Cerisuelo,
  • Jose D. Badia-Valiente and
  • Amparo Cháfer

8 January 2026

The textile industry is positioned as one of the most significant contributors to waste generation but remains with low implementation of post-consumer recycling practices. In response to this challenge, this study focuses on the physicochemical recy...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,732 Views
4 Pages

Cost-Effective and Sustainable Design for Paper Recycling

  • David Willie,
  • Mathias Wartovo,
  • Aezeden Mohamed and
  • Jones Woya

9 September 2024

This text describes a study that investigates the mechanics, environmental benefits, and potential challenges of paper recycling machines. It highlights the importance of these machines in promoting a more sustainable future, and how they align with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,782 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Mix Design on Physical, Mechanical and Durability Properties of Multi-Recycled Aggregate Concrete

  • Jeonghyun Kim,
  • Anna M. Grabiec,
  • Andrzej Ubysz,
  • Sungchul Yang and
  • Namho Kim

29 March 2023

The decrease in the quality of recycled aggregate due to an increase in the number of recycling is a primary factor that limits the multi-recycling of concrete. This degradation adversely affects concrete performance; thus, the characteristics of rec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,670 Views
13 Pages

30 March 2022

The awareness for more environmentally sustainable packaging solutions is steadily growing. With both consumers and manufacturers looking to minimize their impacts on the environment, the need for easy-to-implement and standardized measures strengthe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,549 Views
15 Pages

28 November 2021

In this paper, the effect of the original aggregate size of the recycled aggregate on the mechanical properties of the recycled aggregate concrete was evaluated. A series of concretes were produced in which natural aggregates, recycled aggregates, an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,074 Views
24 Pages

Influence of Design Parameters on Fresh Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete with Recycled Aggregate—A Review

  • Rebeca Martínez-García,
  • P. Jagadesh,
  • Fernando J. Fraile-Fernández,
  • Julia M. Morán-del Pozo and
  • Andrés Juan-Valdés

16 December 2020

This article presents an overview of the bibliographic picture of the design parameter’s influence on the mix proportion of self-compacting concrete with recycled aggregate. Design parameters like water-cement ratio, water to paste ratio, and percent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,347 Views
21 Pages

Influence of Material Selection and Product Design on Automotive Vehicle Recyclability

  • Xiaohui He,
  • Dongmei Su,
  • Wenchao Cai,
  • Alexandra Pehlken,
  • Guofang Zhang,
  • Aimin Wang and
  • Jinsheng Xiao

19 March 2021

From 2008 to 2020, Chinese automobile production and sales have ranked first in the world. The huge production, sales, and ownership of automobiles will inevitably lead to a rapid increase of end-of-life vehicles in the future and a corresponding iss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,416 Views
17 Pages

13 March 2021

Recycled aggregate concrete is a solution used to minimize the environmental impact of the concrete industry. Notwithstanding research worldwide validating structural applications of recycled aggregate concrete, specific design guidelines are lacking...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
4,739 Views
15 Pages

22 August 2019

Based on an analysis of the cold regeneration mechanism of emulsified asphalt, the emulsified asphalt binders and cement were applied to prepare the cold recycled mixtures, and the main technical performances of the designed mixtures were evaluated,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,927 Views
13 Pages

The demand for metals from the entire periodic table is currently increasing due to the ongoing digitalization. However, their use within electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) poses problems as they cannot be recovered sufficiently in the end-of-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,220 Views
14 Pages

13 August 2021

The recycling of road and airport asphalt pavements requires greater reliability of mix design in order to ensure proper rehabilitation and effective reuse of recycled asphalt concrete. Currently, internationally, the most effective mix design proced...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,986 Views
19 Pages

30 June 2022

To enable the use of recyclates in thermoformed polypropylene products with acceptable optical appearance and good mechanical stability, a multilayer structure of virgin and recycled material can be used. When producing multilayer films with more tha...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,415 Views
22 Pages

Effect of Design Parameters on Compressive and Split Tensile Strength of Self-Compacting Concrete with Recycled Aggregate: An Overview

  • P. Jagadesh,
  • Andrés Juan-Valdés,
  • M. Ignacio Guerra-Romero,
  • Julia M. Morán-del Pozo,
  • Julia García-González and
  • Rebeca Martínez-García

29 June 2021

One of the prime objectives of this review is to understand the role of design parameters on the mechanical properties (Compressive and split tensile strength) of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) with recycled aggregates (Recycled Coarse Aggregates (RC...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,866 Views
38 Pages

Impact of Design Parameters on the Ratio of Compressive to Split Tensile Strength of Self-Compacting Concrete with Recycled Aggregate

  • Rebeca Martínez-García,
  • P. Jagadesh,
  • Gabriel Búrdalo-Salcedo,
  • Covadonga Palencia,
  • María Fernández-Raga and
  • Fernando J. Fraile-Fernández

22 June 2021

Most concrete studies are concentrated on mechanical properties especially strength properties either directly or indirectly (fresh and durability properties). Hence, the ratio of split tensile strength to compressive strength plays a vital role in d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,059 Views
19 Pages

27 August 2023

This study aimed to explore the influence of material design parameters on the physical and mechanical properties of recycled asphalt. A Box–Behnken design was employed to determine the optimal preparation scheme for 17 groups of recycled aspha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,305 Views
16 Pages

25 January 2019

Steel fiber reinforced recycled coarse aggregate concrete (SFRCAC) is an impact minimisation building material. Mixture proportion design method of SFRCAC is developed in this paper to obtain concrete with target strength and workability, which can b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,496 Views
17 Pages

Concrete Mix Design for Completely Recycled Fine Aggregate by Modified Packing Density Method

  • Yibo Yang,
  • Baixi Chen,
  • Yan Su,
  • Qianpu Chen,
  • Zhiji Li,
  • Wenying Guo and
  • Hengchang Wang

11 August 2020

The undesirable properties of conventional recycled fine aggregate (RFA) often limit its application in the construction industry. To overcome this challenge, a method for preparing completely recycled fine aggregate (CRFA), which crushes all concret...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,077 Views
18 Pages

20 February 2024

The construction industry, as a major consumer of resources and energy, accounts for about 40% of global carbon emissions. The concept of a circular economy (CE) is one effective means to address this issue. The entire lifecycle of a building include...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,518 Views
23 Pages

25 August 2025

The growing concern about climate change and increased carbon emissions has promoted the electric vehicle market. Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) are now the prevailing technology in electromobility, and large amounts will soon reach their end-of-life (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,174 Views
19 Pages

24 June 2021

For the environment protection and sustainable development in building construction, waste concrete can be processed into recycled aggregate to mix the recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). However, the existing mix design methods of RAC were complex, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
621 Views
19 Pages

Statistical Analysis of the Tensile Strength of Cold Recycled Cement-Treated Materials and Its Influence on Pavement Design

  • William Fedrigo,
  • Thaís Radünz Kleinert,
  • Gabriel Grassioli Schreinert,
  • Lélio Antônio Teixeira Brito and
  • Washington Peres Núñez

The tensile behavior of cold recycled cement-treated mixtures (CRCTMs), typically produced through full-depth reclamation (FDR), is critical for pavement design. Since no universal design method exists, different tests are applied, leading to varying...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,720 Views
14 Pages

25 April 2025

Plastic packaging materials can play a significant role in turning the plastic industry towards a circular economy, owing to their large volumes and short product lifetimes. This study emphasizes the role and interaction of design for recycling (DfR)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,992 Views
25 Pages

25 March 2021

This article presents the variability of Fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology and the possibilities of its use in the design and implementation of a prototype atypical device. The assumptions of the behaviour of individual components and subsy...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,246 Views
11 Pages

19 November 2019

The European Union (EU) identified a number of raw materials that are strategic for its economy but suffer at the same time from a high supply risk. Such critical raw materials (CRMs) are used in a wide range of commercial and governmental applicatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,998 Views
17 Pages

31 October 2023

Waste has become an everyday subject, especially its efficient recycling due to the increasing decline in the planet’s primary resources. Therefore, their recovery is intended to be total and with minimal energy consumption. Biomass waste is fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,186 Views
23 Pages

Freezing and Thawing Resistance of Fine Recycled Concrete Aggregate (FRCA) Mixtures Designed with Distinct Techniques

  • Cassandra Trottier,
  • Mayra T. de Grazia,
  • Hian F. Macedo,
  • Leandro F. M. Sanchez,
  • Gabriella P. de Andrade,
  • Diego J. de Souza,
  • Olga Naboka,
  • Gholamreza Fathifazl,
  • Pierre-Claver Nkinamubanzi and
  • André Demers

11 February 2022

The pressure to use sustainable materials and adopt practices reducing the carbon footprint of the construction industry has risen. Such materials include recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) made from waste concrete. However, concrete made with RCA of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,090 Views
16 Pages

16 July 2025

The cold recycling (CR) technique is gaining traction, with an increasing demand for sustainable pavement construction practices. Cold in-place recycling (CIR) and cold central plant recycling (CCPR) are two strategies under the umbrella of cold recy...

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