The British Standards Institution has released a new standard which provides a best-practice guide for remanufacture, to provide a more “environmentally acceptable” alternative to recycling.
The BSI says recycling is often bad for the environment in the context of the energy used to melt down products and then create a new one from the raw materials garnered. Instead, it says worn out products should be remanufactured into as-mew reconditioned items. It cites car engines as an example of where this…
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