A regenerative industry is possible!

In the face of fears of the depletion of reserves, the alarm bells are ringing and calls are mounting for a new economic model. Some companies are committed to preserving precious natural resources, and find innovative ways to reuse products and components.

In this context, the Government is investing massively in supporting the industrial sector in order to make it integrate the challenges of preserving the environment and biodiversity.

Our goal is to build a stronger, less carbon-intensive economy. To meet this dual objective, the circular economy is a suitable lever.

Our success raises new questions: Can an industrial system be “regenerative”? Is reuse the messiah of the environment? 

Reuse: sharing a heritage

Reuse and recycling are nothing new. They have always been practiced by all populations of the world with varying degrees of intervention.

Reuse saves the energy required to manufacture a new object or to recycle an object. The reuse applied to components and equipment transforms potential waste into new materials. Manufacturers are succeeding in creating products based 100% on recycled materials, which can be recycled indefinitely. Others buy cheaper and fluctuating spare parts or recycled materials.

Reuse makes it possible to reuse a material by giving it a new family. Preserving this material means keeping its memory, which must remain anchored after its reuse. In addition to the economic and ecological side, the material has a heritage value, a common history. 

Reuse must be distinguished from recycling because it induces reuse without modifying their initial use or material transformation. Recycling is becoming more and more disclosed and rejected because recycling amounts to under-cycling! This practice decreases the quality of materials over time.

Faced with a society which is in the process of creating its new identity and which is undergoing rapid changes, we must rethink a new model of responsible consumption and production. The circular economy responds to this problem by adopting a system of cooperation between the actors of the territory in question. In France, several companies are already using this model to produce fairly.

However, reuse still suffers from preconceptions that consider second-hand materials to be waste. But the amount of like-new equipment sent to landfill is a huge waste.

Reuse means preserving natural resources. It is also giving materials a second life, an effective way of preserving the environment by limiting waste and carbon imprints. 

 Every time you throw away a piece of equipment, there are two negative consequences for the planet:

• On the one hand, the exhaustion of materials;

• On the other, the increase in the amount of waste.

Reuse thus presents a double environmental added value:

• Preservation of natural resources;

• Reduction in the volume of waste.

Reuse as a lever for the transition to the circular economy

The health crisis has brought to light the fragility of the French industrial fabric, which is generally based on a linear model in which the waste produced is intended for landfill or incineration. This model generates waste and what are called negative externalities, hence the need to opt for an alternative model; that of the circular economy! It generates opportunities at all levels of the value chain, while limiting the irresponsible consumption of raw materials and non-renewable energies, as well as the emission of greenhouse gases and the generation of more waste.

The circular economy aims to limit waste, not only during production and in lean management, but in a systematic way during the different life cycles of products and their components. It is these return and reuse cycles, along with product design that differentiate circular economy and recycling.

This model makes it possible to depend less on imports and fluctuations in the price of raw materials. The circular economy is no longer a choice; it is a hot topic that invites us to act immediately and effectively because we no longer have the luxury of time. To consume without damaging the environment, we must revolutionize the manufacturing process by focusing on upstream and downstream production.

Reuse contributes to the circular economy by limiting the waste of resources by extending the useful life and lifespan of products and their components. It operates in the 3 areas of action of the circular economy proposed by ADEME: 

• Offers and economic players: several economic players participate in re-employment. Manufacturers play a key role in product design; distributors deal with the marketing of repairable or second-hand products. These players directly develop the offer.
• Consumer demand and attitudes: Consumers are at the heart of this activity through responsible behavior, they help limit negative impacts on the environment by extending the lifespan of products.
• Waste management: In the process of collecting and sorting waste, certain objects can be identified, tested, refurbished and reused. 

It is therefore undeniable that reuse is a pillar of the circular economy. It helps to extend the life of a product. The equipment thus gains a second life, without going through the waste status or requiring complex and expensive recycling steps.

The increase in the overall quantity of waste, shortage of raw materials, volatility in the price of resources, decline in purchasing power accelerate the process of reuse among professionals.

Ecospare offers reuse options to manufacturers

 Ecospare buys stocks of electronic equipment not used by manufacturers to extract parts, reference them and put them back on sale for reuse.

We introduce you to the first French marketplace specialized in the sale of industrial spare parts, control command and used, obsolete, new or refurbished automation for PMI and ETI looking to extend the life of their machines, their processes industrial at affordable costs. These parts are available, reliable and guaranteed.

You can buy and sell responsibly on our Spare-Place.com Marketplace, specialist in spare parts; based on a network of more than 700 manufacturers to allow you to find the parts which you lack easily and at a lower cost, Sell those which do not serve you. They deserve to be reused!