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Components of 100% recycled material

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Manufacturing

Step #5

High-quality recycled material will yield high-quality new components. It also helps you to maintain a fully functioning manufacturing process. Thus, ensuring that a quality conscious company dare to put their brand on the products produced.

In a collaboration with Electrolux, the company PE Plast manufactured the new plastic components for the prototypes of a vacuum cleaner with 100% recycled plastic. The raw materials from Stena Recycling's recycling of electronic plastics proved to be of a very high quality. As a first, PE Plast was able to produce plastic components from 100% recycled material, maintaining a high and stable quality. Just a few weeks after receiving the circular raw material, PE Plast delivered finished prototype components.

An even and stable quality

Patrik Ekwall, CEO of PE Plast, is pleased with the high quality of the recycled plastic.

– It is important not to have any preconceived notions of it being a recycled material. We are truly overwhelmed by the consistent and stable quality.

– As soon as we mention to industries that we’ve now started to run component manufacturing from recycled materials, they show us a great interest. I believe that within five years, we will go from nothing to about 50% use of recycled plastic in our production. The market is on the move! Patrik concludes.

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

Premium circular raw material

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.

Premium circular raw material

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