A proposed framework of reverse logistics based on blockchain for auditing and traceability for e-equipment

Electronic garbage (also known as e-waste) is produced unprecedentedly by humans. E-waste is generated by laptops, mobile phones, and other interconnected gadgets, which contribute significantly to the development of e-waste. Reverse logistics (RL) operations are critical in managing electronic equipment after the end of its useful lives. This is because re-manufacturing e-equipment might be very difficult both from an operational point of view and a privacy point of view because of rules like the electronic user's general data protection regulation guidelines. This research suggests a secure and reliable framework for e- equipment reverse logistic operations built on a blockchain architecture. We consider the refurbishing/re-manufacturing recovery solution for laptops. We also design an effective and autonomous back-end database exchanging architecture centered on blockchain technology to monitor all the refurbishing/re-manufacturing procedures.