Sustainable Electronics

ReUSE® is a suite of materials, manufacturing process, and proprietary design techniques to deliver printed circuit board assemblies that can be fully unzipped at end-of-life (EOL), or for repair.

The patented inks, adhesives, materials, and process provide the backbone in creating a truly circular model. It allows areas such as cross links to provide bond strengths equivalent to solder, whilst being manufactured at lower temperatures and producing far fewer CO2 emissions.

ReUSE® is compatible with traditional substrates such as FR4, and other rigid and flexible alternatives, including In2tec's Flexi-hibrid™ technology.

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.

ReCYCLE™ is the unzipping mechanism for ReUSE® PCBAs. A combination of proprietary processes permanently changes the chemistry allowing printed circuit board assemblies to be returned to their constituent parts.

The ability to gain undamaged and uncontaminated components for second-life use 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.

Over 27.9 billion tonnes of CO2e would be spared if just 10% of the world’s annual PCBA production utilised ReUSE® technology.

A typical lightbar manufactured using ReUSE® will reduce CO2e emissions by 62.5% when compared to using traditional PCBA manufacture.

Once the first-life board is unzipped for reuse and/or recycling, this is reduced to just 0.001kg CO2e, a figure equivalent to almost 100% reduction in emissions.

Components are designed for upwards of 25 years of life, but on average are only used for less than 4.5 years, and 70% of CO2 in PCBAs is from the components themselves.  

The opportunities in changing ewaste into a valuable commodity span the entire supply chain. Manufacturers reduce the cost spent on components and WEEE charges and lower their emissions. The growing second-life component market provides additional revenue streams through the resale of valuable components and materials by OEMs, Recyclers, and component OEMs.