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Step #4

It’s essential to make sure that the recycled materials are high-grade enough for new use. This way, they can easily replace all kinds of virgin materials, thus supporting the creation of a circular economy. And of course, save money for all involved.

There is a big interest among manufacturing companies to use more of recycled materials. As they look for viable solutions to replace their use of the virgin raw material. But the manufacturers also need the circular material to be of a stable and high quality. This could be plastic, metals, paper, or other material. This need for a certain degree of quality is a non-negotiable demand for the companies to start producing in a circular business model.

In the film, Patrik Ranagården explains which sustainable values are created. Values for all electronic waste customers and for all customers wanting to manufacture products from recycled materials.

Innovative processes yield high quality

The Stena Nordic Recycling Center recycling facility has many advanced processes for producing new raw materials. All with a quality that can compete with virgin raw material. Among other things, Stena Recycling recycles large amounts of quality plastic from electronic waste. This has, for example, been used in our collaboration with Electrolux. In the collaboration where we developed a prototype vacuum cleaner, consisting of 100% recycled plastic from Stena Recycling.

Circular materials become premium among manufacturers and consumers

Products made from recycled materials are driving new circular raw material markets. Kristofer Sundsgård, CEO of Stena Recycling, shares his impressions of new emerging markets for recycled raw materials. Read more in an in-depth article about challenges and solutions related to:

Manufacturer's ambition to reduce carbon footprints
Consumer's expectations of circular products
The importance of quality work in recycling
New partnerships between recyclers and manufacturers

Follow the collaboration in 6 steps

Stena Circular Consulting has in partnership with Electrolux, produced a vacuum cleaner prototype. A completely recyclable prototype, that’s been put together from 100 percent reused components and recycled materials.

Let's collaborate to succeed!

Step #1 – Starting your circular business isn’t that hard. Yes, there are some challenges. And yes, you need to have a clear business target. But if you find others to collaborate with, you’ve already gotten to a good start.

Let's collaborate to succeed!

Experts setting the scope

Step #2 – Always make sure that your circular collaboration is tangible, with easy to reach-targets. In the startup part of the process, it’s more important to make sure you will find mutual benefits, than to solve all problems at once.

Experts setting the scope

Reusing components is possible

Step #3 – There are plenty of ready-to-use components in much of the electronic waste we dispose of. These components sometimes have more than 80 percent of their service life left, even if the product they were in reached its end-of-life.

Reusing components is possible

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Step #4 – Making sure that the recycled materials are high-grade enough for new use is essential. This way, they can easily replace the virgin materials, thus supporting a circular economy. And save resources for the companies involved.

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Components of 100% recycled material

Step #5 – High-quality recycled material gives high-quality new components. And helps to maintain a fully functioning manufacturing process. This ensures that the producing companies can put their brand on the products produced.

Components of 100% recycled material

Prototyping your insights

Step #6 – Developing a prototype of a circular product provides a wealth of insights. This is one of the conclusions from the Electrolux’ and Stena Recycling’s development of a 100 % recycled and recyclable vacuum cleaner. Insights that you can take to the next level.

Prototyping your insights