Immediate return in circular economy: Business to consumer product return information sharing framework to support sustainable manufacturing in small and medium enterprises

•Consumers do not participate in e-waste returning process.•Enforce immediate return of used products to SME manufacturers after EoU/EoL phase.•Framework is vital for cost efficiency and sustainable performance of SMEs.•Focus on take-make-distribute-use-recover to replace the linear-business models.•This research contributes to the practice in SMEs remanufacturing and CLSC.