Green Inventory Model for Battery Waste Management

Abstract

The manufacturing sector drives countries towards economic growth with the largest contributor to the waste generation index. Waste management is a daunting task in these manufacturing sectors, and stringent environmental sustainability laws have made it mandatory. Producing high quality products that meet the needs of consumers is the expected result of the production process, and tries to reduce the generation of waste. One of the emerging types of pollution was caused by the generation of e-waste in the environment without treatment. In recent times, advances in technology have made modern machinery in factories and electronic conversion of all mechanical processes has lightened production tasks but it increases electronic waste. In this paper, an inventory model is proposed with the inclusion of a battery waste management cost estimate. Battery waste management is to minimize environmental impacts and maximize re-use, recovery and recycling process. The proposed model will certainly meet the needs of decision-makers in the field of environmental sustainability and economic development.