Better than new: Designing new products for many lives

Remanufacturing is a perfect example of circularity; instead of destroying or landfilling products at the end of their life, this industrial process, starting with disassembly, gives them another one.

Today digital technologies offer a new gateway for the expansion of remanufacturing, boosting innovation in the sector at an unprecedented pace, allowing the remanufacturers to know much more about the use-profile, locations and actual wear and tear, and eventually enabling them to maintain and upgrade products.

This paper identified recommendations to remove constraints and create strong incentives for remanufactured products.

In collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation