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IJAT Vol.3 No.1 pp. 11-18
doi: 10.20965/ijat.2009.p0011
(2009)

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Tele-Inverse Manufacturing -- An International E-Waste Recycling Proposal

Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Nozomu Mishima, and Shinsuke Kondoh

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Tsukuba East, 1-2-1, Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8564, Japan

Received:
September 19, 2008
Accepted:
November 7, 2008
Published:
January 5, 2009
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Keywords:
tele-inverse manufacturing, e-waste, recycling, remote operation
Abstract
With increasing numbers of used electronics products (e-waste) being sent from developed to developing countries, questions arise on how to recycle e-waste sustainably while minimizing pollution, energy, and cost and maximizing material, part, and product life. We focus on two issues concerning projected e-waste recycling -- the level at which recycling should be automated and the location of recycling itself. Among possible recycling scenarios, we propose tele-inverse manufacturing enabling advances in automation and remote recycling control. We hold that tele-inverse manufacturing is more technically feasible than fully automated recycling and more economically feasible than current recycling because it enables an international division of labor. It also reduces the closed loop of material, parts, and products compared to that of manually based international recycling.
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M. Matsumoto, N. Mishima, and S. Kondoh, “Tele-Inverse Manufacturing -- An International E-Waste Recycling Proposal,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.3 No.1, pp. 11-18, 2009.
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