Parent and dependent recycling product codes for finished products

A method for processing a finished product having multiple components associated therewith, the method comprising:

• identifying, with an electronic scanner, at least one parent recycling product code associated with a finished product, wherein the parent recycling product code is universally applied to the finished product on a global basis;
• retrieving, with the processor from an electronic database, at least one dependent recycling product code associated with the identified parent recycling product code, wherein each retrieved dependent recycling product code is associated with one of the multiple components associated with the finished product;
• identifying at least one of the components associated with the finished product in accordance with the retrieved dependent recycling product code;
• accessing at least one electronic inventory database comprising at least one of:
• retrieving data associated with at least one of the identified components of the finished product, or
• storing data associated with at least one of the identified components of the finished product;
• using at least one parent of the recycling product codes and at least one dependent of the product recycling codes for retrieving, from at least one electronic database, data associated with at least one identified component of the finished product;
• and
• making at least one of a repair, maintenance, or recycle determination in association with retrieving the data associated with the at least one identified component of the finished product.