El proyecto surge como respuesta a la realidad de las familias más desfavorecidas que, en contextos como el ecuatoriano, sobreviven clasificando la basura y vendiendo materiales reciclables. Articulado en torno a los ejes económico, ambiental y social, tiene como objetivo el estudio de las posibilidades de incorporación de las cooperativas de recicladores informales en iniciativas de economía circular para un manejo sostenible de residuos.
En el proyecto se analizan como casos de estudio dos ciudades ecuatorianas: Cuenca y Portoviejo. Cuenca es un referente nacional en cuanto al manejo de residuos sólidos con su empresa municipal EMAC EP, pero el involucramiento de grupos de recicladores es limitado. En contraste, la ciudad de Portoviejo posee un manejo de residuos con amplias oportunidades de mejora, pero presenta una interesante experiencia con los grupos de recicladores. Se analizan específicamente dos cadenas de residuos: los Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos (RAEE), que constituyen una cadena de residuos de alta complejidad y dinamismo, y las botellas de plástico PET, que representan una cadena de residuos de menor complejidad.
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Peeters, J. R., Tecchio, P., Ardente, F., Vanegas, P., Coughlan, D., & Duflou, J. R. (2018). eDIM: further development of the method to assess the ease of disassembly and reassembly of products - Application to notebook computers. https://doi.org/10.2760/864982
Vanegas, P., Peeters, J. R., Cattrysse, D., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2017). Improvement potential of today’s WEEE recycling performance: The case of LCD TVs in Belgium. Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, 11(5), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-017-1000-0
Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2017). Economic and environmental evaluation of design for active disassembly. Journal of Cleaner Production, 140, 1182–1193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.043
Peeters, J. R., Van den Bossche, W., Devoldere, T., Vanegas, P., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2016). Pressure-sensitive fasteners for active disassembly. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 87(5–8), 1519–1529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-015-7168-1
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Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Mouton, C., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2016). Tool Design for Electronic Product Dismantling. Procedia CIRP, 48, 466–471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.03.106
Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Kellens, K., Wang, F., Huisman, J., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2015). Forecasting waste compositions: A case study on plastic waste of electronic display housings. Waste Management, 46, 28–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2015.09.019
Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Van Den Bossche, W., Devoldere, T., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2015). Elastomer-based fastener development to facilitate rapid disassembly for consumer products. Journal of Cleaner Production, 94, 177–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.081
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Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2015). Economic and environmental evaluation of fasteners for active disassembly: A case study for payment terminals. Procedia CIRP, 29, 704–709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2015.01.031
Vanegas, P., Peeters, J. R., Dewulf, W., Cattrysse, D., & Duflou, J. R. (2015). Improving resource efficiency through recycling modelling: A case study for LCD TVs. Procedia CIRP, 26, 601–606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.089
Nelen, D., Manshoven, S., Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., D’Haese, N., & Vrancken, K. (2014). A multidimensional indicator set to assess the benefits of WEEE material recycling. Journal of Cleaner Production, 83, 305–316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.094
Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Tange, L., Van Houwelingen, J., & Duflou, J. R. (2014). Closed loop recycling of plastics containing Flame Retardants. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 84, 35–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.12.006
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Vanegas, P., Peeters, J. R., Plessers, F., Cattrysse, D., & Duflou, J. R. (2014). Synergizing industrialized and developing countries to improve resource recovery for e-waste: Case study Belgium - Kenya. Procedia CIRP, 15, 283–288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.06.089
Tange, L., Van Houwelingen, J. A., Peeters, J. R., & Vanegas, P. (2013). Recycling of flame retardant plastics from WEEE, technical and environmental challenges. Advances in Production Engineering & Management, 8(2), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.14743/apem2013.2.154
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Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Devoldere, T., Dewulf, W., & Duflou, J. R. (2013). Product clustering for closed loop recycling of flame retardant plastics: A case study for flat screen TVs. Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, 383–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_63
Peeters, J. R., Vanegas, P., Duflou, J. R., Mizuno, T., Fukushige, S., & Umeda, Y. (2013). Effects of boundary conditions on the end-of-life treatment of LCD TVs. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 62(1), 35–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2013.03.092