The Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) presents major growth than urban solid waste reverberating on impacts for environment and human health care. Due to development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) the Higher Education Institutions (HIE) have adopted measures to correctly manage WEEE, as HIE contribute to growth of WEEE by replacing and/or disposing equipment to strengthen and satisfy institutional operations. The objective of this article is to propose an institutional framework related to Reverse Logistics (RL). The Study of Times and Value Stream Mapping was conducted establish the connection of agents involved in the management. Results show the potential in HIE to fortify management activities through RL obtaining economics and environmental benefits.
Track: Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
Published in: 2nd European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Paris, France
Publisher: IEOM Society International
Date of Conference: July 26
-27
, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5323-5945-3
ISSN/E-ISSN: 2169-8767