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Ms. Jana Nicolas
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH

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0 industrial symbiosis
0 circular supply chain
0 Sustainable Transformation
0 Digitalisation
0 Circular Economoy

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M.A. in Business and Environment Management Since 2016 Jana is a Researcher at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment Energy gGmbH in the department Circular Economy and the Research Unit Digital Transformation. She is focussing her work on the establishment of circular economy in and between companies, the involvement of other stakeholders, and on how digitalisation can develop a leveraging effect on the necessary transformation. She explores how to engage relevant stakeholders, how to establish Circular Economy knowledge and practices, and how to adapt existing knowledge to different settings.

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Published: 29 April 2021 in Sustainability
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Nowadays, high expectations are set for a digitally enabled circular economy (CE), to enhance resource efficiency. Tracing, tracking, and storing information is most important for this. In this paper, the application of Internet of Things (IoT) and Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) are hence discussed by presenting the case of professional Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) in Italy. Within the context of CE, prevention of electronic waste (WEEE) is extremely relevant as it is a fast-growing waste stream, and the products contain environmentally damaging substances as well as valuable and rare materials. The use of a proper combination of IoT and blockchain can help the producers to keep control on products until EEE end-of-life, while promoting CE strategies and supporting decision-making. Based on the outcomes of five interviews conducted in 2019 to companies of the EEE sector, potential improvements in the EEE end-of-use management are discussed. After providing the definition of requirements for both the technical solution and its testing are provided, three solution variations and the related business models are created and presented, as well as considerations on their environmental and economic impacts. The study shows how digital technologies can support the appropriate and circular management of EEE products and WEEE.

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Chiara Magrini; Jana Nicolas; Holger Berg; Alberto Bellini; Enrico Paolini; Nazarena Vincenti; Luca Campadello; Alessandra Bonoli. Using Internet of Things and Distributed Ledger Technology for Digital Circular Economy Enablement: The Case of Electronic Equipment. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4982 .

AMA Style

Chiara Magrini, Jana Nicolas, Holger Berg, Alberto Bellini, Enrico Paolini, Nazarena Vincenti, Luca Campadello, Alessandra Bonoli. Using Internet of Things and Distributed Ledger Technology for Digital Circular Economy Enablement: The Case of Electronic Equipment. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4982.

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Chiara Magrini; Jana Nicolas; Holger Berg; Alberto Bellini; Enrico Paolini; Nazarena Vincenti; Luca Campadello; Alessandra Bonoli. 2021. "Using Internet of Things and Distributed Ledger Technology for Digital Circular Economy Enablement: The Case of Electronic Equipment." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4982.