Recycling method and recycling system
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorKimitaka Murashita
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Abstract
In a recycling method, a person or organization of responsibility for the disposal of a product in a life cycle from production to disposal of the product stores in a storage unit an electronic certificate indicating that the person or organization of responsibility has performed an appropriate process corresponding to the responsibility.
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A recycling method, wherein
- a person or organization of responsibility for disposal of a product in a life cycle from production to disposal of the product stores in a storage unit an electronic certificate indicating that the person or organization of responsibility has performed an appropriate process corresponding to the responsibility.
A recycling system configured by a computer provided for each person or organization of responsibility when a product is disposed in a life cycle of the product from production to disposal, comprising
- a recycling management server having a disposing step storage unit for storing a disposing step stored by a manufacturer of the product corresponding to one or more identifiers stored in memory attached to the product, and storing a disposing step which is stored by a recycler of a product and is to be performed by each recycler.
A recycling management apparatus which manages a recycling process of a product, comprising:
- a unit confirming contents of an electronic certificate issued to a person or organization of responsibility for disposal of a product in a life cycle from production to disposal of the product and indicating that the person or organization of responsibility has appropriately performed a process corresponding to the responsibility;
- a unit receiving from a certificate authority an electronic certificate indicating that the contents of the electronic certificate has been confirmed;
- and
- a unit transmitting the received electronic certificate to a settling authority, and requesting the settling authority to pay a recycling cost.
A program executed by a computer used by a person or organization of responsibility for disposal of a product in a life cycle from production to disposal of the product to direct the computer to perform:
- a procedure of receiving from a certificate authority an issue of an electronic certificate indicating that the person or organization of responsibility has appropriately performed a process corresponding to the responsibility;
- and
- a procedure of storing the issued electronic certificate in a storage unit.
A computer-readable portable storage medium storing a program used to direct a computer provided by a person or organization of responsibility for disposal of a product in a life cycle from production to disposal of the product to perform:
- a step of receiving from a certificate authority an issue of an electronic certificate indicating that the person or organization of responsibility has appropriately performed a process corresponding to the responsibility;
- and
- a step of storing the issued electronic certificate in a storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.