Contribution to Design for Recovery approaches: taking into consideration disassembly practices from Extended Producer Responsibility schemes
This research project is divided into 4 main stages:
1. Research clarification
Literature review of Design for Recovery and Design for Disassembly methods. Qualitative study of WEEE pre-treatment operators in France.
2. Descriptive design research
Modelling the expertise of pre-treatment operators. Identifying and defining different types of operators using multivariate statistics (PLS regression, PCA).
3. Case studies
Detailed analysis of the activity of one specific type of operator to support the development of disassembly indicators. Comparison of design rules with other operators through a survey.
4. Development of design support and validation of results
Implementation of the model, the typology and the parameters influencing the pre-treatment operators in an eco-design methodology. Illustration of the intended support through a demonstrator.
Date of update February 24, 2015