Circular Economy, Recycling & Remanufacturing worked example

Product Lifecycle Recovery Score with recovery impact severity score of 3.5 score: a worked example

This worked example runs the product lifecycle recovery score numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: recovery impact severity score of 3.5 score instead of the typical 7 score. Score recovery risk across a product lifecycle using impact, occurrence, and detection ratings for reuse, repair, or recycling barriers.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recovery impact severity score: 3.5 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 7)
  • Recovery barrier occurrence score: 5 score (held at the documented default)
  • Current detection and control weakness score: 6 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Product Lifecycle Recovery Score score = recovery impact severity score × recovery barrier occurrence score × current detection and control weakness score.
  • Product Lifecycle Recovery Score score works out to 4.65 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Recovery impact severity score works out to 3.5 score at these inputs.
  • Recovery barrier occurrence score works out to 5 score at these inputs.
  • Current detection and control weakness score works out to 6 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where recovery impact severity score sits at 7 score and the headline result is 6.05 score, this scenario comes in 23.14% below the baseline at 4.65 score.
  • Use it during design reviews or end-of-life audits to rank recovery barriers and prioritize design-for-disassembly fixes. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Product Lifecycle Recovery Score score: 4.65 score (headline result)
  • Recovery impact severity score: 3.5 score
  • Recovery barrier occurrence score: 5 score
  • Current detection and control weakness score: 6 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Product Lifecycle Recovery Score calculator, set recovery impact severity score to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.