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60 Examples for resource efficiency | Strategies | Redesign and Re-use Strategies Redesign and Re-use Ressourceneffizienzatlas Resource Efficiency Atlas Product-Service-System (use-phase) New production and consumption patterns Inclusion of RE into Standards The mobile maintenance and repair station for consumer goods Repa & Service Mobile Station A dense grid of repair and service points at highly frequented locations can make repair services more attractive. The aim is to improve the competitiveness of repaired goods compared to buying new goods. As a result, higher resource efficiency and reduction of waste could be achieved. Repairs in Repa&Service Mobil (Source: ARGE Reparatur- u. Servicezentren GmbH / arge.at) With increasing global competition, online retail and shorter development phases of products, access to newer, cheaper consumer goods has become easier and more attractive. These developments lead to a non-sustainable consumer behaviour. Repair and maintenance services could increase the life span of goods and, thus, prevent the consumption of new goods, reduce waste and contribute to resource protection. Such services are often, however, harder to access than new goods. In addition, the society lacks awareness about sustainable consumption habits. Repa & Service Mobil should make repair and maintenance of consumer goods more accessible to the public. The results of the forerunner project ’’RepaMobil“ in 2006 proved the need and interest by consumers for such measures. This included a study of opportunities and risks of repair service points at four large business locations. The feasibility study shows that fixed and mobile location repair service points outperformed the virtual ones. Therefore, during a 19 months pilot test phase in Vienna, a transferable concept for implementing mobile repair service station points should be developed based on the inputs from relevant stakeholder groups (repair service businesses, consumers, large business locations etc.). In addition, during the pilot project, the effects on sustainability such as resource protection, jobs and profitability should be evaluated as well. Resource Efficiency German households alone produce 754,000 tons of electronic waste per year with an increasing tendency. The larg- est part of it ends up in waste incinerating plants, landfills or abroad. According to the ’’Export von Elektroaltgeräten“ study of the Federal Environmental Ministry in Germany (UBA 2010), 155,000 tons of electronic waste is exported illegally per annum. Especially abroad the toxic material contained by the products is often not disposed of in an environmentally friendly and unharmful way. The exact potential regarding material, energy and water savings of this project is unknown yet and should be analysed and quantified at the end of this pilot project.
Effects Region and Country Material Water m 2 Energy Surface fields Europe Austria Barriers and Risks Customer information regarding such services and the cooperation with the appropriate locations such as big shopping malls, where a Repa & Service Mobil could be installed, is of great importance. In order to ensure this, workshops with relevant stakeholders and public relations work have been planned through, for example, a newsletter, website, informational event and media work. However, the risk remains, that the repaired old goods would hinder the spreading of more efficient goods. This risk is especially given for products with high resource requirements during the use-phase such as, for example, refrigerators. Therefore, next to ensuring the repair friendliness of goods and a positive cost-benefit ratio, resource efficiency should also be ensured along the lifecycle of the products, if their lifetime is extended. In light of this, a sustainability label for repair friendly and durable products was introduced in Austria in 2007. It should not only serve as guidance for purchasing decisions, but also ensure the profitability of repair services for customers. In 2008 the sustainability label received the Austrian environmental excellence price ’’Daphne“. Potentials Repair services could extend the use-phase of consumer goods and, thus, improve the utilization of entailed resources in the products. The amount of resources for new products could be reduced. In addition, new business fields as well as jobs at a regional level could be generated. The Austrian sustainability label for repair friendly and durable products could be used as a blueprint on the European or even global level. Further information www.fabrikderzukunft.at (search for: ’’Repa’’) Neitsch et. al. (2010): Umsetzungskonzept zur Implementierung des Gebotes der „Wiederverwendung“ gemäß ARL2008 in Österreich. Umweltbundesamt (2010): Export von Elektrogeräten. Fakten und Maßnahmen. www.repanet.at www.rusz.at Arge Abfallvermeidung Ressourcenschonung und nachhaltige Entwicklung GmbH Dreihackengasse 1 8020 Graz, Austria www.arge.at Ressourceneffizienzatlas Resource Efficiency Atlas 61
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