Resource and waste management is one of the fastest-evolving sectors in the world. Over the last thirty years, industry professionals have driven the change from landfill as the go-to solution for dealing with end-of-life material to one of the sectors at the forefront of net zero.
The current perception is that recycling is generally easier for the public to access and achieve compared to reuse. However, this is not always the case. While it may be easier to reuse electronic goods through repair and refurbishment instead of recycling them, accessibility is still challenging. Many companies design electronic products with a short lifespan, encouraging users to upgrade rather than repair. The effort required for repairs often outweighs the convenience of purchasing a new product, leading consumers to follow a linear purchasing model.
What happens is we create more waste whilst destroying the planet looking for a dwindling supply of key raw materials and the manufacturing of the new products.
Despite this, reuse still holds a greater hierarchal power in the ideal way of managing resources and waste, only behind prevention.
So how do we make it more accessible and at less cost, more legislation is needed but electronic manufacturers must develop products that can be repaired and reused.
In2tec is the company that is providing the shift in the electronics industry.
Their patented ReUSE® and ReCYCLE™ technology provides the ability to gain undamaged and uncontaminated components for second-life use, which means they are both carbon-free and zero-cost, shifting the paradigm of electronics recycling with a positive cash flow and feeding the growing second-life market for components.
The versatility of the technology gives the opportunity for global commercialisation and a vast reduction in the overall energy used to manufacture and to process when it reaches EOL. Something that is not possible when using conventional PCBA process or materials.
For a more in-depth description of how ReUSE® and ReCYCLE™ technology works: https://in2tec.com/reuse
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