The Horse 2019/20

Technology & Environment

Module 3 - Remanufacturing, refurbishing and reuse

29. April 2020 Luca-Maschek edX Waste Management and CRM, VZ19A (2)

Remanufacturing, refurbishing and reuse by Diego and Luca 

Remanufacturing

Remanufacturing is the rebuilding of a product to specifications of the original manufactured product using a combination of reused, repaired and new parts. Remanufacturing is not the same as "recycling" or "repairing".

Some of the most commonly remanufactured product categories are aircraft components and automotive parts.

Link: Remanufacturing

 

Refurbishing

Refurbishing, also called renovation of older or damaged equipment to bring it to a workable or better looking condition. We can also call it renovate something, or clean up something.

Link: Refurbishing

 

Reuse

If you reuse something, you use it again or more than once. It’s very common in our population, because a lot of people want to save money and material. You can reuse a lot things without help of special companies, which would charge you a lot of money.

Link: Reuse

 

Quiz: 

Link to the quiz

 

 

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Comments (2) -

  • Diego Di Martino

    4/29/2020 6:31:34 AM | Reply

    The answers to the questions are:

    1. Aircraft components and automotive parts.
    2. No
    3. Renovate
    4. Individual answer
    5. No
    6. Yes

  • Lucas and Sandro

    5/6/2020 6:29:02 AM | Reply

    Dear Diego and Luca

    Very interesting post. We didn’t know the expression "remanufacturing" yet.
    Since recycling and repairing is not the same as remanufacturing, what exactly is the difference between them?
    It was interesting to read that the most commonly remanufactured product categories are aircraft components and automotive parts. Even though it seems logical, we didn’t know it.

    We think that refurbishing is a very interesting way to keep items longer and not throw them away immediately. However, we can’t imagine that many people like to renovate something. Especially in our time, we tend to throw things away and buy something new instead of trying to keep the old products alive. Were you able to find out if there are a lot of persons who still refurbish a lot of products?

    Additionally, we really enjoyed your quiz! We think that you were asking the key questions from your post. Overall, a really great and informative post.

    Kind regards
    Lucas and Sandro

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