Abstract

The vision of widespread item-level RFID (radio frequency identification) essentially means replacing barcode labels on products with electronic components. The ecological effects seem worrying at first glance, but are still largely unclear. In this paper, we provide an integrated analysis of both the negative and positive impacts of item-level RFID on waste management. We use the European Union (EU) legislation on waste management as a framework to summarize challenges and point out potential benefits of item-level RFID on waste management and recycling. We deduce the question of the optimum decoupling point as a central issue of this research area.

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