Revolutionizing Product Design for a Sustainable Circular Economy Future
The article discusses a method to help designers create products with sustainable lifecycles. By using a computer system, designers can plan out different ways a product can be used and recycled. This helps avoid situations where products are wasted. The system also helps designers figure out what the product and its processes need to be like to make the plan work. A test showed that the system successfully helps designers make better decisions about how products should be designed for a more sustainable future.