Abstract
China, as the largest electronic waste producer in the world, is facing a critical challenge to manage its negative impacts on the environment. Hence, e-waste management is crucial for sustainable Chinese economic development. In this paper, a system dynamics model is adopted to identify the effects of retailer-led recycling based on closed-loop dual chains competition. The influence of contracts made by manufacturers on different retail modes is also discussed. From the aspects of total revenue (TR), market share (MS) and market competitiveness (MC), this paper analyzes the impact of e-waste recycling coefficient (ERC) on supply chain and analyzes the equilibrium solution of total supply chain return. The research results show that the contract incentive mechanism can improve the retailer’s recycling enthusiasm, and the effect on the retail mode of executive shop is more obvious. When the ERC is adjusted to 44.3%, the TR of supply chain is optimal, and the MS and MC occupy an obvious advantage.
Highlights
According to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT, 2014), China has surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest electronic waste producer in 2013, China’s major electronic products scrap is more than 200 million units per year, weighing more than 5 million tons
The Global E-waste Monitor 2017 shows that the development of information and communication technology (ICT) and the shortening the replacing cycle are exacerbating the growth of e-waste, the total number of e-waste generated by countries around the world reached 44.7 million cubic tones that is equivalent to 6.1 kg per inhabitant in 2016, which increased from 5.8 kg/inh in 2014
In 2016, 44.7 million tons of e-waste were produced in the world, only 20% of them had been recycled through appropriate channels
Summary
According to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT, 2014), China has surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest electronic waste producer in 2013, China’s major electronic products scrap is more than 200 million units per year, weighing more than 5 million tons. Because the characteristics of e-waste determine is different from the general urban garbage It is a highly valuable renewable resource and is known as “urban mine”. Enterprises can greatly reduce the operating cost of enterprises by recycling e-waste through a series of reverse logistics activities to turn them into abundant and usable resources, directly into the second-hand market and re-sell as raw materials into the enterprise’s production process. With the emergence of a large number of e-waste and electronic products, the implementation of EPR has become a national consensus. Whether it is to comply with national environmental laws and policies or based on the great profit-driven recycling and reuse, e-waste recycling is inevitable.
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