Preliminary Product Development
Approach for Discarded Materials
Reuse—U-TURN Approach
Felipe Augusto Zanin Contador and Osiris Canciglieri Junior
1 Introduction
Waste production worldwide is growing exponentially in recent years (Abrelpe
2018). With the growth in consumption and early disposal, waste production is
increased and combined with the lack of suitable disposal sites leads to a recurring problem—the incorrect disposal of the waste in the environment. A possible
solution to minimise it is to use the 3Rs of sustainability, that is, to recycle, reuse
and mainly to reduce the amount of the generated waste (Carrijo 2010).
To this end, the use of productive processes that aim at reducing and reusing materials becomes indispensable for any company that wants to reduce its environmental
impacts (Pimenta et al. 2011). For the proper disposal of waste, mainly electronic
products or residues from productive processes, several steps are necessary to ensure
that the disposal is environmentally correct, without causing damage to the soil,
the atmosphere, and the groundwater (Bonacella and Magossi 1996). These steps
for proper disposal require a high expenditure of energy and financial resources,
becoming a costly process and directly impacting all companies. An alternative to
avoid these costs is the application of the sustainability 3Rs methodology, focusing
on reuse and mainly reducing the amount of raw material.
In this way, productive processes that focus on reusing products that would be
discarded are fundamental to ensure financial optimisation for businesses and sustainable growth at the ecological level. However, methodologies that ensure the reuse of
discarded materials are still rare and are inserted only in large companies, which have
F. A. Z. Contador (B) · O. Canciglieri Junior
Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS), Polytechnic
School—Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR), Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155,
Prado Velho, Curitiba, CEP 80215-901, Brasil
e-mail: felipe_conta1993@yahoo.com.br
O. Canciglieri Junior
e-mail: osiris.canciglieri@pucpr.br
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_19
297
Approach for Discarded Materials
Reuse—U-TURN Approach
Felipe Augusto Zanin Contador and Osiris Canciglieri Junior
1 Introduction
Waste production worldwide is growing exponentially in recent years (Abrelpe
2018). With the growth in consumption and early disposal, waste production is
increased and combined with the lack of suitable disposal sites leads to a recurring problem—the incorrect disposal of the waste in the environment. A possible
solution to minimise it is to use the 3Rs of sustainability, that is, to recycle, reuse
and mainly to reduce the amount of the generated waste (Carrijo 2010).
To this end, the use of productive processes that aim at reducing and reusing materials becomes indispensable for any company that wants to reduce its environmental
impacts (Pimenta et al. 2011). For the proper disposal of waste, mainly electronic
products or residues from productive processes, several steps are necessary to ensure
that the disposal is environmentally correct, without causing damage to the soil,
the atmosphere, and the groundwater (Bonacella and Magossi 1996). These steps
for proper disposal require a high expenditure of energy and financial resources,
becoming a costly process and directly impacting all companies. An alternative to
avoid these costs is the application of the sustainability 3Rs methodology, focusing
on reuse and mainly reducing the amount of raw material.
In this way, productive processes that focus on reusing products that would be
discarded are fundamental to ensure financial optimisation for businesses and sustainable growth at the ecological level. However, methodologies that ensure the reuse of
discarded materials are still rare and are inserted only in large companies, which have
F. A. Z. Contador (B) · O. Canciglieri Junior
Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS), Polytechnic
School—Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR), Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155,
Prado Velho, Curitiba, CEP 80215-901, Brasil
e-mail: felipe_conta1993@yahoo.com.br
O. Canciglieri Junior
e-mail: osiris.canciglieri@pucpr.br
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_19
297