Research Article

Optimal Decisions and Implementation Efficiency of the Extended Producer Responsibility System for E-Waste under Take-Back Legislations

Table 2

Parameters and decision variables used in this study.

Decision variablesDescriptions

The price of the new product ($/unit)
The quantity of the new product (unit)
The price of the remanufactured product ($/unit)
The quantity of the remanufactured product (unit)
The collection quantity (unit)

Parameters

The unit production cost of the new product ($/unit)
The unit remanufacturing cost of the remanufactured product ($/unit)
The unit innocent treatment cost of the used product ($/unit)
The collection cost of the used product ($)
The mandated collection target
The unit subsidy on the collected product ($)
The unit environmental tax on the new product ($)
The consumer value discount for the remanufactured product
The manufacturer’s profit, ($)