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Remanufacturing:
the Ultimate Form of Recycling
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Examples
of remanufactured items include: |
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Automobile
Parts
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Office
furniture
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Toner
cartridges
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Computers
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Photocopiers
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Aircraft
parts
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| Economic
Benefits of Remanufacturing |
- Remanufacturing
firms directly employ 480,000 people
in the United States.
- 73,000
remanufacturing firms exist, with
total annual sales of $53 billion.
- Automotive
parts remanufacturing accounts for
$36 billion a year.
- The cost of a remanufactured automobile part saves consumers 30 to 50 percent versus a new part.
- Remanufacturing
conserves: the equivalent of 400
trillion BTU’s of energy
per year.
400
trillion BTU’s equals:
- 350
tankers of crude oil.
- Electricity
produced by 8 nuclear power plants
in one year.
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| Environmental
Benefits of Remanufacturing |
- Automotive
remanufacturing reduces emissions,
since castings are not resmelt.
- Auto
part remanufacturing reduces solid
waste, keeping it out of landfills.
- Automobiles
are the most recyclable products in
the world. About 75-85% of vehicle
content by weight is recycled.
- The
affordability of remanufactured
parts extends the life of vehicles
on the road, rather than sending
them to junkyards.
- 80% of
U.S. consumers take into
consideration environmental concerns
when making purchases.
- Remanufacturing
conserves enough worldwide material
to fill a train 1,650 miles long.
- Remanufacturing
saves: Over 80% of the energy that
would have been used in producing
that part new, reducing an estimated
28 million tons of carbon
dioxide—a major cause of
global warming!
28
million tons of carbon dioxide is
equivalent to:
- The
amount of carbon dioxide released by
ten 500 Megawatt coal-fired
electricity-generating plants yearly.
- The same
amount of electricity required to
operate over 1,000 medium sized
university complexes across the
nation.
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