The study presents a global-scale analysis of material efficiency for passenger vehicles and residential buildings. It estimates future changes in material flows and energy use due to increased yields, light design, material substitution, extended service life, and increased service efficiency, reuse, and recycling. Next to energy efficiency and low-carbon energy supply, material efficiency is the...
Caterpillar is one of the world’s remanufacturing leaders, a strategy that focuses on extending a product’s lifetime to its maximum capacity and, consequently, uses its resources in a more effective way. Caterpillar’s remanufacturing is an exchange model, which means that when a component needs to be replaced, consumers work with their authorized ‘Cat Dealer’ to exchange their nonfunctio...
Upcycling is a “process in which used materials are converted into something of higher value and/or quality in their second life”. This represents the process of converting old or discarded materials into something useful, giving an item a better purpose from one cycle of use to the next one....
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