Systems and methods for recycling resources and circulating products

A resource recycling method for searching for information on specification and production method of a recovered product, which is recovered after being produced, and for reproducing an original product with said recovered product utilized as resources, said method comprising the steps of:

• storing production information on a product into a manufacturing apparatus when the product is manufactured thereby, mounting a recycle plate, on which information for identifying a manufacturing apparatus has been written, to the product, and shipping the product having the recycle plate mounted thereon;
• recognizing said recycle plate on a recovered product for identifying a manufacturing apparatus by which the recovered product was produced;
• extracting production information on said recovered product from the identified manufacturing apparatus;
• generating a disassembly procedure for said recovered product from the extracted production information;
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• writing on said recycle plate accounting information including expense required to produce the original product with resources reclaimed by said disassembly, and delivering said recycle plate to said manufacturing apparatus.

A product circulation system which searches for information on specification and production method of a recovered product, which is recovered after being produced, and produces a product equivalent to an original product, comprising:

• a plurality of production factories each for producing a predetermined product, each of said production factories having a manufacturing apparatus in which production information necessary for producing the product is stored;
• a recovery factory having a recovery apparatus for recovering said products;
• communication means connected to said manufacturing apparatus and said recovery apparatus for transmitting production information necessary for producing said product between these manufacturing apparatus and recovery apparatus;
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• a product circulation plate which is created by said recovery apparatus and on which information for identifying a manufacturing apparatus is written, said product circulation plate being mounted to a product when the product is produced by said manufacturing apparatus,
• wherein said recovery apparatus identifies a manufacturing apparatus by which the recovered product was produced from said recovered product circulation plate, extracts production information on the product from the identified manufacturing apparatus through said communication means, and writes production information on a corresponding product equivalent to said recovered product from the extracted production information into said manufacturing apparatus for delivery.

A product circulation method for searching for information on specification and production method of a recovered product, which is recovered after being produced, and for producing a product equivalent to an original product, comprising the steps of:

• storing production information on a product into a manufacturing apparatus when the product is produced thereby, mounting to each product a product circulation plate in which information for identifying a manufacturing apparatus has been written before shipment, and shipping the products having the product circulation plate mounted thereon;
• recognizing said product circulation plate on a recovered product to identify a manufacturing apparatus by which said recovered product was produced;
• extracting from said identified manufacturing apparatus production information on said product;
• searching said extracted production information for a corresponding product equivalent to said product;
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• transmitting production information on said corresponding product to said manufacturing apparatus.