Report on the remanufacturing of refrigerated display cabinets

©Centre for Remanufacturing & Reuse 2009
Expand tax allowances to include remanufactured RDCs.
Evolve remanufacturers into service-led business with expanded ranges
of options for purchasers including leasing both new and remanufactured
RDCs.
And specific actions that might be taken by the RDC manufacturing and
remanufacturing industry itself are:
Adopt industry wide standards on the quality of new RDCs, for example
specifying the use of stainless steel bases to aid the remanufacturing
process
Develop an industry-recognised code of practice for remanufacturing to
ensure quality and comparability, and hence reduce the risk of purchase
for the retailer.
Promote the environmental benefits of remanufacturing to retailers and
government, taking a more structured, quantified and targeted approach.
Advertise the ability of the environmental benefits of RDC remanufacturing
to form a valid and significant part of a retailer‟s Corporate Social
Responsibility report, not least by publishing quantities bought and
reused.
Agree a public, discriminating, auditable set of test standards for RDCs
(both new and remanufactured) energy efficiency rating that fairly reflects
as-used performance.
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