A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach for Household Appliances and Automobile Recycling

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Author(s): Elif Kongar (University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA)and Surendra M. Gupta (Northeastern University, Boston, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 11
Source title: Web-Based Green Products Life Cycle Management Systems: Reverse Supply Chain Utilization
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Hsiao-Fan Wang (National Tsing Hua University, ROC)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-114-8.ch016

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Environment & Agriculture / Operations and Service Management / Sustainable Development

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Rapid technological developments are leading to a significant decrease in the demand for old technology products. As a result, old technology products are rushed to their end-of-lives (EOLs) even though they still function properly and have the ability to satisfy stated needs. It is therefore important to find environmentally and economically benign ways to handle this accumulating waste to regain the value added to such products and to reduce the environmental damage. However, EOL recovery options are not always economically justifiable due to the complexity and uncertainty involved in the process. To reduce these setbacks, it is crucial to perform an analysis prior to taking any action and rank the products according to the importance of their EOL processing outcomes. To this end, this chapter proposes a data envelopment analysis (DEA) algorithm to determine the technical efficiency of end-of-life processing of household appliances and automobiles depending on various tangible and intangible performance criteria.

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