Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context

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Autor(a) principal: Matos, Joana
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Santos, Sara, Simões, Carla L., Martins, Carla, Simoes, R
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11110/2766
Resumo: The increasing amount of plastics in new vehicles, and the consequent growth of plastics in the automotive shredder residue, makes it imperative and urgent to improve reuse and/or recovery of plastics at the vehicle's end-of-life. Circularity micro-indicators can identify improvement guidelines and monitor the transition to a more circular economic model; however, the complexity, variety of scope and approach, and scarcity of information on most of the circularity micro-indicators hamper their practical adoption by companies. In this paper, we identify relevant micro-indicators for the automotive sector, focusing on key aspects for automotive plastic parts. Further, to showcase the application of these micro-indicators in a real industrial context, a case-study plastic automotive component was identified in collaboration with a tier II supplier and five complementary circularity micro-indicators were evaluated. We found 23 circularity micro-indicators (at the product level) that are highly relevant for automotive parts and we discuss individually how each can provide useful information. Results indicate an enormous improvement opportunity to improve circularity of plastic automotive parts, namely in the use of more sustainable material sources (recycled, bio-based, or compostable materials) and promotion of end-of-life recovery approaches (reuse or refurbish, and take-back systems). We concluded that practices adopted by industry to optimize production, in terms of design for manufacturing and design for assembly, as well as in the composition of plastic automotive parts, namely integral design, multi-material parts, or welding components made from different materials, severely limit the implementation of circular economy approaches, a situation that needs to be reverted by legislators and companies
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spelling Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial contextCircular economySustainability assessmentCircularityMicro indicatorsAutomotive componentsPlasticsThe increasing amount of plastics in new vehicles, and the consequent growth of plastics in the automotive shredder residue, makes it imperative and urgent to improve reuse and/or recovery of plastics at the vehicle's end-of-life. Circularity micro-indicators can identify improvement guidelines and monitor the transition to a more circular economic model; however, the complexity, variety of scope and approach, and scarcity of information on most of the circularity micro-indicators hamper their practical adoption by companies. In this paper, we identify relevant micro-indicators for the automotive sector, focusing on key aspects for automotive plastic parts. Further, to showcase the application of these micro-indicators in a real industrial context, a case-study plastic automotive component was identified in collaboration with a tier II supplier and five complementary circularity micro-indicators were evaluated. We found 23 circularity micro-indicators (at the product level) that are highly relevant for automotive parts and we discuss individually how each can provide useful information. Results indicate an enormous improvement opportunity to improve circularity of plastic automotive parts, namely in the use of more sustainable material sources (recycled, bio-based, or compostable materials) and promotion of end-of-life recovery approaches (reuse or refurbish, and take-back systems). We concluded that practices adopted by industry to optimize production, in terms of design for manufacturing and design for assembly, as well as in the composition of plastic automotive parts, namely integral design, multi-material parts, or welding components made from different materials, severely limit the implementation of circular economy approaches, a situation that needs to be reverted by legislators and companiesSustainable Production and Consumption2023-11-16T11:24:04Z2023-11-162023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/11110/2766http://hdl.handle.net/11110/2766eng• Matos, J.; Santos, S.; Simões, C.L.; Martins, C.; Simoes, R.; Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context, Sustainable Production and Consumption 43 (2023) 155-167, DOI 10.1016/j.spc.2023.11.009DOI 10.1016/j.spc.2023.11.009Matos, JoanaSantos, SaraSimões, Carla L.Martins, CarlaSimoes, Rinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-30T05:16:47Zoai:ciencipca.ipca.pt:11110/2766Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:40:16.763703Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
title Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
spellingShingle Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
Matos, Joana
Circular economy
Sustainability assessment
Circularity
Micro indicators
Automotive components
Plastics
title_short Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
title_full Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
title_fullStr Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
title_full_unstemmed Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
title_sort Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
author Matos, Joana
author_facet Matos, Joana
Santos, Sara
Simões, Carla L.
Martins, Carla
Simoes, R
author_role author
author2 Santos, Sara
Simões, Carla L.
Martins, Carla
Simoes, R
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Matos, Joana
Santos, Sara
Simões, Carla L.
Martins, Carla
Simoes, R
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Circular economy
Sustainability assessment
Circularity
Micro indicators
Automotive components
Plastics
topic Circular economy
Sustainability assessment
Circularity
Micro indicators
Automotive components
Plastics
description The increasing amount of plastics in new vehicles, and the consequent growth of plastics in the automotive shredder residue, makes it imperative and urgent to improve reuse and/or recovery of plastics at the vehicle's end-of-life. Circularity micro-indicators can identify improvement guidelines and monitor the transition to a more circular economic model; however, the complexity, variety of scope and approach, and scarcity of information on most of the circularity micro-indicators hamper their practical adoption by companies. In this paper, we identify relevant micro-indicators for the automotive sector, focusing on key aspects for automotive plastic parts. Further, to showcase the application of these micro-indicators in a real industrial context, a case-study plastic automotive component was identified in collaboration with a tier II supplier and five complementary circularity micro-indicators were evaluated. We found 23 circularity micro-indicators (at the product level) that are highly relevant for automotive parts and we discuss individually how each can provide useful information. Results indicate an enormous improvement opportunity to improve circularity of plastic automotive parts, namely in the use of more sustainable material sources (recycled, bio-based, or compostable materials) and promotion of end-of-life recovery approaches (reuse or refurbish, and take-back systems). We concluded that practices adopted by industry to optimize production, in terms of design for manufacturing and design for assembly, as well as in the composition of plastic automotive parts, namely integral design, multi-material parts, or welding components made from different materials, severely limit the implementation of circular economy approaches, a situation that needs to be reverted by legislators and companies
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv • Matos, J.; Santos, S.; Simões, C.L.; Martins, C.; Simoes, R.; Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context, Sustainable Production and Consumption 43 (2023) 155-167, DOI 10.1016/j.spc.2023.11.009
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