This study is part of one line of teaching and research carried out in Project subjects of the
School of Industrial Engineering of the University of Valladolid. The starting point is the
contribution of engineering to the circular economy, understood as a concept related to
sustainability with the aim of maintaining the value of products, materials, and natural
resources as long as possible, minimising waste generation. In our case, the main objective of
the work is obtaining more durable products, which can be repaired, reused, or recycled, as it
is established in the European Green Deal. To reach this goal, collaborative projects have
been carried out for "small household appliances" whose typology is present in Annex II of RD
110/2015, of 20 February, on waste electrical and electronic equipment. The specific
objectives of this initiative have been encouraging students, future engineers, to design
sustainable products, as well as to analyze and to put into practice new manufacturing
processes based on the circular economy.
