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Product Design; (iii) Sustainable and Cyclical Production Design; and (iv) Material/Product Collection Return, connecting all stages, from the design phase to the
return of products.
The proposed approach is oriented for cyclic production since it takes into consideration the manufacturing constraints and focuses on maximum reuse of discarded
materials, allowing the same material to have two or more new lifecycles avoiding
premature disposal in landfills. In this context, the authors believe that the novelty
differentials of the U-TURN approach are: (i) the inclusion of the production process
in a sustainable way, from its design phase to the end of the product lifecycle; (ii)
it can be applied to different categories of products and types of materials; (iii) it
contains a sustainable and cyclical approach to support the production; (iv) it was
structured in such way to make easily understandable, and (v) it may ensure the
effective reuse of discarded material/product in a new sustainable production cycle
and this will contribute to reducing irresponsible degradation of natural resources of
the planet.
Furthermore, the versatility of its application for different types of materials and
the easy understanding of its operation reveals a high potential for adoption by companies including medium and small ones. Besides, the proposed U-TURN approach has
the ability and potential to become an important tool on the application of Industry
4.0 concepts in the Sustainable Product Development Process as they advocate as
much efficiency as possible in all its processes. The continuity of the research will
be the implementation of U-TURN approach as an object of study, which will be
applied in various segments of the Brazilian industrial sector.
Acknowledgements The authors especially thank the financial support of Pontifical Catholic
University of Paraná (PUCPR)—Polytechnic School—Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS), by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001 and by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development (CNPq).
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especiais. Panorama dos resíduos sólidos no Brasil. Abrelpe, São Paulo
Barbieri JC (2007) Desenvolvimento e meio ambiente: as estratégias de mudança da agenda 21.
Vozes, Petropolis, 157 p
Bonacella PH, Magossi LR (1996) A poluição das águas, 15th edn. Moderna, São Paulo
Carrijo CP (2010) Ações de logística reversa nas revendas de óleo combustível
Del Borghi A, Binaghi L, Del Borghi M, Gallo M (2007) The application of the environmental
product declaration to waste disposal in a sanitary landfill: four case studies. Int J Life Cycle
Assessm 12:40–49
De Sá Ferrari R (2017) Método Conceitual para Aplicação da Biomimética como Ferramenta
de Apoio ao Processo de Desenvolvimento de Produtos Sustentáveis—BIOS. Dissertação
(mestrado)—Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, p. 170, Curitiba
F. A. Z. Contador and O. Canciglieri Junior
Product Design; (iii) Sustainable and Cyclical Production Design; and (iv) Material/Product Collection Return, connecting all stages, from the design phase to the
return of products.
The proposed approach is oriented for cyclic production since it takes into consideration the manufacturing constraints and focuses on maximum reuse of discarded
materials, allowing the same material to have two or more new lifecycles avoiding
premature disposal in landfills. In this context, the authors believe that the novelty
differentials of the U-TURN approach are: (i) the inclusion of the production process
in a sustainable way, from its design phase to the end of the product lifecycle; (ii)
it can be applied to different categories of products and types of materials; (iii) it
contains a sustainable and cyclical approach to support the production; (iv) it was
structured in such way to make easily understandable, and (v) it may ensure the
effective reuse of discarded material/product in a new sustainable production cycle
and this will contribute to reducing irresponsible degradation of natural resources of
the planet.
Furthermore, the versatility of its application for different types of materials and
the easy understanding of its operation reveals a high potential for adoption by companies including medium and small ones. Besides, the proposed U-TURN approach has
the ability and potential to become an important tool on the application of Industry
4.0 concepts in the Sustainable Product Development Process as they advocate as
much efficiency as possible in all its processes. The continuity of the research will
be the implementation of U-TURN approach as an object of study, which will be
applied in various segments of the Brazilian industrial sector.
Acknowledgements The authors especially thank the financial support of Pontifical Catholic
University of Paraná (PUCPR)—Polytechnic School—Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS), by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001 and by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development (CNPq).
References
ABELPRE (2018–2020) (2018) Associação brasileira de empresas de limpeza pública e resíduos
especiais. Panorama dos resíduos sólidos no Brasil. Abrelpe, São Paulo
Barbieri JC (2007) Desenvolvimento e meio ambiente: as estratégias de mudança da agenda 21.
Vozes, Petropolis, 157 p
Bonacella PH, Magossi LR (1996) A poluição das águas, 15th edn. Moderna, São Paulo
Carrijo CP (2010) Ações de logística reversa nas revendas de óleo combustível
Del Borghi A, Binaghi L, Del Borghi M, Gallo M (2007) The application of the environmental
product declaration to waste disposal in a sanitary landfill: four case studies. Int J Life Cycle
Assessm 12:40–49
De Sá Ferrari R (2017) Método Conceitual para Aplicação da Biomimética como Ferramenta
de Apoio ao Processo de Desenvolvimento de Produtos Sustentáveis—BIOS. Dissertação
(mestrado)—Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, p. 170, Curitiba