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Schneider Electric platform for take-back and recycling of end-of-life electrical equipment

Schneider Electric develops a Web & App platform which enables to trigger a take-back / buy-back request of end-of-life equipment easily (starting from your installed base view or a simple Web form), and manage related operations.

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Are you involved in the operation, maintenance or end-of-life management of your company's electrical equipment?

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Rarely

Occasionally

Frequently

Continuously

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Issue

Of the 57 million tons of E-waste (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) generated in 2021 in the world, 78% remains uncollected and undocumented, raising concerns about human and environmental safety.

Today, when companies want to dispose of or recycle end-of-life equipment, they face several challenges:

How to make this happen?
How to find trusted partner(s)?
How to make this process economically viable: minimize cost (effective process), receive fair value when the equipment is still valuable, etc.?
How to comply with complex regulations (ex WEEE), and ensure that disposal and recycling is done in an optimum way?
How to obtain the proper recycling certificates, CO2 credits?

Your advice

To what extent do you agree with the problems stated to dispose of or recycle end-of-life equipment?

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly agree

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How critical are the following issues:

0 star = Not critical at all / 5 stars = Highly critical

1Cost of disposal

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2Efficiently identifying which equipments to dispose of in priority

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3Identifying a solution/partner for reliable disposal and recycling

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4Assessing fair value of end-of-life equipment

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5The execution and logistical aspects

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6Getting the proper certificates according to regulations etc.

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Today, how do you handle the disposal of end-of-life electrical equipment (like electrical distribution components, UPSs, drives…)?

Select the 3 choices that best apply to your situation

We keep products as spares

We pay a 3rd party company to take back the equipment and recycle it properly

A 3rd-party company takes back old equipment (at no cost)

A 3rd-party company pays me to buy back old equipment

Some equipment manufacturers take back old equipment (at no cost)

Some equipment manufacturers pay me to buy back old equipment

I take care myself of the repair and recycling or disposal of equipment

I do not have a reliable solution today

Other (please explain in comment)

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Imagine that new electrical equipment is worth $1,000. What is the cost to dispose of and recycle the end-of-life product that it replaces?

It does not cost me anything

It costs less than 20% of equipment price

It costs over 20% of equipment price

I generate some net revenue in reselling my equipment

I do not have any idea

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Solution

Schneider Electric is developing a Web & App platform which enables to trigger a take-back / buy-back request easily, starting from your installed base view or a simple Web form.
This solution is fully connected to our reverse logistic, triage and best-in-class recycling capabilities which will be fully handled by us.

On this platform, you'll have direct access to all your requests, recycling certificates for taken back products, and the related savings status (CO2, energy, other material savings) and rewards (cashback, CO2 credits, …), when it is relevant for you.

With this solution, we plan to help Plant/Facility/Maintenance and Environment managers to:

Enable simple, reliable take-back of end-of-life management of your equipment
Provide rewards based on product type and quality
Provide simple access to recycling certificates and an overview of environmental savings for the planet
Ensure full compliance with regulations in all countries

Your advice

Does this circular economy platform seem relevant to you?

Not at all relevant

Not very relevant

Neutral

Somewhat relevant

Highly relevant

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What level of importance would you give to these different aspects of the solution:

0 star = Not important at all / 5 stars = Essential

1Dashboard with all equipments in my installed base that can be taken back/bought back

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2Working with a large trusted partner with strong logistic/recycling capabilities

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3Getting a fair value: from no-cost to fair buy-back value depending on the equipment value and condition

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4Simple compliance with regulations (WEEE etc.), and reliable access to certificates

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Rate the incentives that would motivate you to give back old products to equipment manufacturer:

0 star = Not at all important / 5 stars = Essential

1Manufacturer handling paperwork and reverse logistic at no cost for me

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2Discount on purchase price on new products for modernization of existing assets (or vouchers)

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3CO2 Carbon offset “credits”

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4Buy-back value (pending equipment type and condition)

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5Technical support/modernization support to install new products

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Which other features or incentives would you suggest for such a disposal solution for electrical assets?

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What solutions are you using, or have you heard of, to dispose of equipment?

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When it comes to refurbished products coming from circular economy, would you say:

I consider buying refurbished products only

I consider buying refurbished spare parts only

I consider buying both refurbished products and spares

I am not interested to buy refurbished products/spares

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Would you be interested to:

You may choose several options

Be contacted to continue the exchanges with the project leaders

Be a potential customer for such solution

Participate in the ecosystem

Not interested

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If you want to be contacted by the project team, please specify the best way to reach you:

E-mail, phone number, LinkedIn, etc.

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