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PRODUCT CIRCULARITY INDICATORS: WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS IN DESIGNING FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?

Part of: Socio-technical Issues in Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

M. Saidani ,
H. Kim ,
F. Cluzel ,
Y. Leroy  and
B. Yannou
M. Saidani*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America CentraleSupélec, France
H. Kim
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America
F. Cluzel
Affiliation:
CentraleSupélec, France
Y. Leroy
Affiliation:
CentraleSupélec, France
B. Yannou
Affiliation:
CentraleSupélec, France
*
*michael.saidani@centralesupelec.fr

Abstract

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This paper investigates and questions the relevance of product-centric circularity indicators in a product design context. To do so, reviews of eco-design tools and critical analyses of circularity indicators at the micro level of circular economy implementation are combined with a new workshop experimenting four of these indicators with the aim to improve the circularity performance of an industrial product. On this basis, the four tool-based circularity indicators tested are mapped on the engineering design and development process, and are positioned among the pool of main eco-design tools.

Keywords

circular economycircularity indicatorsdesign processdesign for x (DfX)case study
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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 2129 - 2138
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