Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context
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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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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 |
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Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context |
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Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context |
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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 |
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Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context |
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Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context |
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Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context |
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Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context |
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Practical application of circularity micro-indicators to automotive plastic parts in an industrial context |
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Matos, Joana |
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Matos, Joana Santos, Sara Simões, Carla L. Martins, Carla Simoes, R |
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Santos, Sara Simões, Carla L. Martins, Carla Simoes, R |
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Matos, Joana Santos, Sara Simões, Carla L. Martins, Carla Simoes, R |
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Circular economy Sustainability assessment Circularity Micro indicators Automotive components Plastics |
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Circular economy Sustainability assessment Circularity Micro indicators Automotive components Plastics |
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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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• 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 DOI 10.1016/j.spc.2023.11.009 |
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