Accelerating the Transition to a Functional Circular Economy by Mainstreaming Remanufacturing

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Ramchandra,, Rajiv and Chalifoux, John and Ijomah, Winifred and Fitzsimons, David (2024) Accelerating the Transition to a Functional Circular Economy by Mainstreaming Remanufacturing. T20, Brasil. (https://www.t20brasil.org/en/pbs?nucleo_id=2)

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Abstract

Radically transforming global value chains is critical to succeeding in our collective ambition of co-creating a sustainable world. This ambition is exemplified in the G20’s vision of Designing a Circular Economy World through the establishment of the Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC). The RECEIC highlights six Rs of circularity – redesign, reduce, reuse, remanufacture, repair, and recycle. Remanufacturing is an industrial process that restores end-of-life (EOL) goods to original working condition or better. It involves the collection, disassembly, cleaning, inspection, rebuilding/replacing, reassembly, and testing of goods such as automotive and aerospace components, medical devices and electronics, before they re-enter the market. Remanufactured goods are indistinguishable from new goods in terms of quality, performance, appearance, functionality and warranty, and in some cases can outperform

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Ramchandra,, Rajiv, Chalifoux, John, Ijomah, Winifred ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0652-1486 and Fitzsimons, David;
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