scholarly journals Towards a Smart E-Waste System Utilizing Supply Chain Participants and Interactive Online Maps

Recycling ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Tetiana Shevchenko ◽  
Michael Saidani ◽  
Yuriy Danko ◽  
Ievgeniia Golysheva ◽  
Jana Chovancová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Local Delivery ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Business Model Canvas ◽  
Online Maps ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
Reduction Of Co2

Efficient electronic waste (e-waste) management is one of the vital strategies to save materials, including critical minerals and precious metals with limited global reserves. The e-waste collection issue has gained increasing attention in recent years, especially in developing countries, due to low collection rates. This study aims to search for progressive solutions in the e-waste collection sphere with close-to-zero transport and infrastructure costs and the minimization of consumers’ efforts towards an enhanced e-waste management efficiency and collection rate. Along these lines, the present paper develops a smart reverse system of e-waste from end-of-life electronics holders to local recycling infrastructures based on intelligent information technology (IT) tools involving local delivery services to collect e-waste and connecting with interactive online maps of users’ requests. This system considers the vehicles of local delivery services as potential mobile collection points that collect and deliver e-waste to a local recycling enterprise with a minimum deviation from the planned routes. Besides e-waste transport and infrastructure costs minimization, the proposed smart e-waste reverse system supports the reduction of CO2 through the optimal deployment of e-waste collection vehicles. The present study also advances a solid rationale for involving local e-waste operators as key stakeholders of the smart e-waste reverse system. Deploying the business model canvas (BMC) toolkit, a business model of the developed system has been built for the case of Sumy city, Ukraine, and discussed in light of recent studies.

Status of Electronic Waste Management in India

2019 ◽  
pp. 238-250
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar Koli ◽  
Athar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Informal Recycling ◽  
Toxic Materials ◽  
Global Issue

Electronics waste is becoming a major global issue. Huge accumulation of e-waste and its recycling through primitive means for extraction of precious metals are a real concern in the developing countries due to the presence of hazardous materials in e-waste. The major portion of e-waste generated domestically as well as illegally imported is recycled in a crude manner leading to pollution of the environment. Current practices of e-waste management in India encounters many challenges like the difficulty in inventorization, ineffective regulations, pathetic and unsafe conditions of informal recycling, poor awareness of consumers, and reluctance on part of stakeholders to address the issues. As a result, toxic materials enter waste stream with no special precautions to avoid the known adverse impacts on the environment and human health. Resources are wasted when economically valuable materials are dumped. This chapter highlights the hazards caused due to improper handling of e-wastes and also describes some appropriate measures to be adopted for its management and safe disposal.

scholarly journals The marketing value creation in the waste management sector – multi-conceptual business model

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 01028
Author(s):  
Izabela Barbara Sztangret
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Main Research

The concept of marketing value occurred interesting due to a result of the process of transformation of traditional business relationships into specific type of cooperation of enterprises to create multivalued for demanding customers. It also concerns studied companies of the sector of waste collection and recycling, as well as their partners and customers. In the studied case, marketing value is created by enterprises, their cooperants and customers for the purpose of further satisfaction of target market need, in at least three-spherical business model. This model often has multi-concept, or holistic nature while combining relationship marketing, supply marketing, integral, internal, systemic, strategic and social marketing. Companies representing the sector of waste management apply smart technological solutions which result in interactive formation of market value. Smart ways of creation of marketing value, in the sector of waste management enterprises in the environment of IT solutions is the goal of this paper. The main research methods used are case studies.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts of Electronic-Waste Management in Lagos Using Alaba International Market and Ikeja Computer Village as Case Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-297
Author(s):  
R. Alani ◽  
A. Ogunbanmwo ◽  
D. Nwude ◽  
M. Ogbaje
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Flame Retardants ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
International Market ◽  
Platinum Group Metals ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
Gold Silver

The main aim of this research was to assess the extent of the problems associated with inappropriate e-waste management and recycling practices. Electronic wastes (E-wastes) are generated from products that are designed for use with a maximum voltage of 1000 volts for alternating current and 1500 volts for direct current. These wastes contain hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium, brominated flame-retardants, valuable metals such as aluminium, nickel, copper, and certain precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum group metals (PGMs) which pose both human and environmental health threats. They have negative impacts on the health of workers and nearby residents; hence, residents of buildings located around and beside e-wastes dumpsites were randomly selected for this study. Well, run-off and borehole water samples as well as soil samples from different sites in Alaba international market, and Ikeja computer village in Lagos, Nigeria were analyzed for zinc, lead, iron, copper, nickel and chromium. Using additional information from questionnaires and interviews, impacts of e-waste dumps on the health of workers and residents near the study areas were investigated. The results were analysed using descriptive frequency count and tables which confirmed the presence of heavy metals in soils and water samples of the case study areas and hence appropriate recommendations were outlined to address the menace of e-waste disposal and as well as the need for improvement in e-waste management and recycling for economic opportunities and improved health standard within the Lagos Metropolis.

scholarly journals Implementation of triple bottom line to a business model canvas in reverse logistics

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 679-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Wit ◽  
Korneliusz Pylak
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Business Model Canvas

AbstractWaste generation, especially hazardous waste, can strongly affect the environment and human lives. There is an urgent need to implement sustainable hazardous waste management tools to reduce their harmful impact on the environment stemming from incorrect waste management. However, there is still a lack of business model concepts combining sustainable development and risk management in reverse logistic value chains for hazardous waste. Therefore, the authors develop a novel sustainable business model canvas for both an entity and the logistics system using the Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas integrated with the concept of sustainable development in economic, social and environmental areas (Triple Bottom Line, TBL) and risk-related elements. Then, using the developed sustainable business model canvas, the model for the logistics system for the treatment of hazardous waste containing asbestos was successfully created. The model was implemented in the prototype of computer software in the form of electronic network services.

A model to rapidly assess informal electronic waste systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2093222
Author(s):  
John-Michael Davis
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Environmental Harm ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
The Core ◽  
Formal Systems ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Study Offer

Electronic waste (e-waste) policies have traditionally been based on extended producer responsibility (EPR) principles. In practice, EPR-based e-waste policies primarily involve the creation of regulated collection and recycling channels, with success tied to achieving high collection quotas. However, the majority of EPR programs, particularly those in the Global South, have achieved little success due to competition with the informal sector. Despite this, strikingly little is known of the scope and dynamics of informal e-waste flows and actors during the formulation of e-waste management policies. This study develops and pilots a replicable three-stage model for solid waste researchers, practitioners and policymakers to rapidly assess these informal e-waste systems. This model is demonstrated in Cuenca, Ecuador, and determined the destination of 50–80% of Cuenca’s e-waste over a period of three days. The methods used and findings that emerge from this study offer a strategy to rapidly quantify and understand the dynamics of informal e-waste systems to inform EPR-based policies in ways that place informal recyclers at the core of e-waste management. This not only provides creative opportunities for formal systems to achieve e-waste collection quotas through partnerships with the informal sector, but offers a pathway to preserve the livelihoods of marginalized populations reliant on e-waste recycling and decrease environmental harm.

scholarly journals Strategi Pengembangan Bisnis Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah Keripik Pisang Dengan Pendekatan Business Model Kanvas

MBIA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-330
Author(s):  
Emi Suwarni ◽  
Maidiana Astuti Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
General Description ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Business Transformation ◽  
Business Model Canvas ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Delivery Services

The aim of this research is to describe the business model canvas and to create a business transformation design. The research was carried out at the MSMEs Arabar Shop Bandar Lampung, which is one of the MSMEs whose main activity is marketing Banana Chips. This research uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach, namely explaining in depth about the situation or process being researched, namely the Arabar Shop MSMEs. The key informants in this research are the owners of MSMEs and staff. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews with key informants to obtain clear information about the application of the business model canvas at the Arabar Shop MSMEs. The general description of the company is explained by the position of company resources and their performance. The business transformation model is analyzed using a business model canvas approach and a customer empathy map. The result of the Arabar Shop MSMEs business transformation development strategy is to improve the preservation of customer segments and as their key resource. Increasing value propositions such as customer customization service, and social media in its value in customer channels and relationships generate a revenue stream from selling new products made of bananas and other ingredients. Increases are also needed in social activities in the main activities, increasing partners such as supplier and delivery services as the main partners, as well as additional costs for adjustments and social activities to the cost structure.   Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan Bisnis model kanvas dan menciptakan desain transformasi bisnis. Riset ini dilakukan pada UMKM Arabar Shop Bandar Lampung yang kegiatan utamanya adalah memasarkan keripik Pisang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif, yakni menjelaskan dan menggambarkan secara mendalam tentang situasi atau proses objek yang diteliti yaitu UMKM Arabar Shop. Informan kunci dalam penelitian ini adalah pemilik UMKM dan staf bagian pemasaran. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui  wawancara mendalam kepada informan penelitian sehingga diperoleh gambaran yang jelas mengenai penerapan business model canvas pada UMKM Arabar Shop. Deskripsi umum perusahaan dijelaskan melalui posisi sumber daya perusahaan dan kinerjanya. Model transformasi bisnisnya dianalisis dengan pendekatan bisnis model kanvas dan peta emphaty pelanggan. Hasil strategi pengembangan transformasi bisnis UMKM Arabar Shop adalah meningkatkan pelestarian segmen pelanggan sebagai kunci sumber daya mereka. Peningkatan proposisi nilai seperti layanan penyesuaian pelanggan, dan media sosial dalam nilainya di saluran dan hubungan pelanggan menghasilkan aliran pendapatan dari penjualan produk baru yang terbuat dari pisang dan bahan lainnya. Kata kunci: Bisnis Model Canvas; Keripik Pisang; Strategi Pengembangan.

DISCIPLINA DE EMPREENDEDORISMO NA FORMAÇÃO DOS ALUNOS DE BIBLIOTECONOMIA E DOCUMENTAÇÃO DA UFS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
Marta Suzana Cabral Nunes ◽  
Augusto Cesar Vieira dos Santos ◽  
Sueli Maria Silva Pereira ◽  
Euder de Jesus Costa
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Business Model Canvas

Este trabalho visa apresentar a experiência da disciplina de Empreendedorismo na UFS como fator motivador do desenvolvimento de competências para o bibliotecário documentalista, onde participaram alunos do curso de Biblioteconomia e Documentação, dentre alunos de outros cursos. O tema do empreendedorismo tem sido debatido no campo profissional e apresenta-se como alternativa importante que permite aos profissionais desenvolver ações e estratégias inovadoras em sua atuação diária. Trata-se de um estudo que tem como principal mérito apresentar esse caso a fim de demonstrar que é possível, a partir de ações de extensão e da formação continuada, desenvolver competências empreendedoras nos futuros profissionais bibliotecários documentalistas, aplicando metodologias como o Ciclo de Aprendizagem Vivencial, o Business Model CANVAS, Design Thinking, e o Plano de Negócios. Ao todo participaram da disciplina 7 alunos do curso de Biblioteconomia e Documentação da UFS, que preencheram formulário eletrônico a fim de fornecer suas percepções sobre a aprendizagem obtida.

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