Circulogy: An AI-enabled blockchain based e-Waste management using fog computing to achieve net-zero and imply the circular economy

资源的过度消耗是一个全球性问题。为了应对资源枯竭和缓解迫在眉睫的危机，循环经济（CE）通过再利用、修复、翻新和回收现有材料和产品来减少浪费，从而提供了一个生态系统。然而，随着供应链的日益复杂，需要新的绩效衡量标准来进行有效的CE管理。为了解决这一问题，我们希望对人工智能支持的区块链技术进行可行性研究，该技术使用雾计算架构进行CE管理，以降低交易成本，提高供应链上的绩效和沟通，并减少碳足迹。该项目旨在建立一个电子废物管理系统，该系统可以使用区块链技术应对供应链挑战。考虑到每个产品组件都有自己的供应链，供应链很快就会变得复杂。区块链通过在产品生命周期的每个节点建立透明性提供了解决方案。简而言之，它是一个分散的记录或数据列表，称为块，使用加密技术连接。使用区块链的每笔交易都有多个审计跟踪副本，这将提供跟踪和再利用/回收废旧电子电气设备（WEEE）的能力。拟议的基于区块链的管理解决方案旨在在各个部门复制，以建立透明度，并可以轻松地在全球范围内扩展。这可能会降低材料成本，使公司更有效地运作。这种做法还可以提高客户忠诚度，并提供额外的行业利益，例如节省智能手机中可能在下个世纪耗尽的元素：*镓：用于医疗温度计，LED，太阳能电池板和望远镜，并具有可能的抗癌特性*铟：用于晶体管和微芯片*钇：用于白色LED灯和相机镜头，可用于治疗某些癌症*钽：用于外科植入物、霓虹灯电极、涡轮叶片、火箭喷嘴和超音速飞机的鼻帽、助听器和起搏器。因此，我们谦卑地相信，与我们管理电子废物的传统方式相比，我们的解决方案将是一种颠覆。

Overconsumption of resources is a global issue. To deal with resource depletion and mitigate impending crises, the circular economy (CE) provides an ecosystem by reducing waste via reuse, repair, refurbishment, and recycling the existing materials and products. However, new performance measurements are needed for effective CE management with the increasing complexity of supply chains. We want to address this issue by performing a feasibility study with AI-enabled blockchain technology using fog-computing architecture for CE management to decrease transaction costs, enhance performance and communication along the supply chain, and reduce carbon footprints.The project aims to build an e-waste management system that can respond to supply chain challenges using blockchain technologies. A supply chain can get complicated very quickly, considering each product component has its supply own chain. Blockchain provides a solution to this by establishing transparency in every node of the product's lifecycle. In brief, it is a decentralized list of records or data, known as a block, connected using encryption technology. There are multiple copies of the audit trail for every transaction using blockchain, which will provide the ability to track and reuse/recycle Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).The proposed blockchain-based management solution is designed to be replicated in various sectors to establish transparency and can be easily scaled globally. This may decrease the cost of materials allowing companies to run more efficiently. The practice can also improve customer loyalty and provide additional industry benefits such as saving elements in smartphones that could run out in the next century:* Gallium: Used in medical thermometers, LEDs, solar panels, and telescopes and has possible anti-cancer properties* Indium: Used in transistors and microchips* Yttrium: Used in white LED lights and camera lenses and can be used to treat some cancers* Tantalum: Used in surgical implants, electrodes for neon lights, turbine blades, rocket nozzles and nose caps for supersonic aircraft, hearing aids and pacemakersTherefore, we humbly believe that our solution will be a disruption compared to the conventional ways of how we manage our e-wastes.