{"id":994,"date":"2026-03-24T20:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/?p=994"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:59:05","slug":"from-electronic-waste-to-optimized-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/from-electronic-waste-to-optimized-production\/","title":{"rendered":"From electronic waste to optimized production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>At&nbsp;<strong>Optiscale<\/strong>, we explore how&nbsp;<strong>Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)<\/strong>&nbsp;can be transformed into a valuable input for magnet manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work focuses on designing\u00a0<strong>circular value chains<\/strong>\u00a0for the recovery and reuse of magnetic materials from WEEE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0In our study,\u00a0<em>\u201cWEEE Flow for Magnets\u201d, published in IFIP-APMS\u00a02024\u00a0proceedings<\/em>, we show how optimization can enable more efficient and sustainable production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study explores how circular systems can balance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Recycled vs. virgin materials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Energy consumption<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Production costs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Environmental impact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<strong>The key takeaway:<\/strong><br>Circular production goes beyond recycling \u2014 it requires\u00a0<strong>data-driven optimization in uncertain, real-world conditions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div data-client-id=\"3119f0390c654dd9a5c1982274d82759\" id=\"pdf-1\" class=\"wp-block-tropicalista-pdfembed\" style=\"height:802px\" data-api-key=\"\" data-file-name=\"weee_flow_magnets\" data-media-url=\"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/weee_flow_magnets.pdf\" data-embed-mode=\"FULL_WINDOW\" data-default-view-mode=\"FIT_PAGE\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At&nbsp;Optiscale, we explore how&nbsp;Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)&nbsp;can be transformed into a valuable input for magnet manufacturing. Our work focuses on designing\u00a0circular value chains\u00a0for the recovery and reuse of magnetic materials from WEEE. \u00a0In our study,\u00a0\u201cWEEE Flow for Magnets\u201d,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ca_portfolio_gallery_project_year":"","ca_portfolio_gallery_client":"","ca_portfolio_gallery_skills":"","ca_portfolio_gallery_url":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-optimization"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":999,"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optiscale.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}