Excavating Value of Life Cycle Based Product Returns

Abstract:

Ecologic environment is increasingly polluted, amount of green consumers are expanding, and more countries and governments have enacted and implemented environmental protection regulations to curb firms environmental negative impact. Based on product life cycle return perspective, we divide returns into three types: beginning of life return, end of use return and end of life return. Then, we analyze return value evaluation through law of conservation and conversion of energy. Our conclusions show for between beginning of life and end of use product return, educating consumers environmental conscious and responsive collection and resell returned products measures are the core ingredients. For after end of life product return, the best strategy is that firm collects and disposes in cost efficient measures replacing consumers direct disposal.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 726-731)
• Pages: 2681-2686
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.726-731.2681
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Guang Yong Yang
• Keywords: End-Of-Life (EoL), Law of Conservation and Conversion of Energy, Recycling, Return Evaluation

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