1. 1 Frank BECKER Science Shop kubus Re-use -and design WASTE out of the system! Let’s talk about a RESOURCE HIERARCHY

2. 2 What do you see? – and what don‘t?

3. 3 Re-use can significantly contribute to resource recovery and climate protection. National waste prevention programmes – a short and incomplete overview concerning re-use Re-use can make a difference

4. 4 Measures 1 Austria Support for re-use networks, development of networking platforms for the re-use and waste sector. England Increase confidence in reused goods through the introduction of a reuse quality standard or similar mechanism, develop a postcode locator to find reuse and repair services. Finland Municipalities promote small businesses on repair services via offering low-cost premises and publicity Germany Development of quality standards for reuse by VDI directive 2343

5. 5 Measures 2 Hungary Elaboration of the accreditation system for reuse centers; establishment of reuse centers; provision of financial sources for the development of the reuse network. Ireland Funding and development of the Community Reuse Network CRN, an all-Island representative body for community based reuse, recycling and waste prevention organisations and social enterprises. The SMILE project is an industrial symbiosis project designed to facilitate the exchange of resources between businesses to reduce raw material costs and disposal of waste. Currently, over 500 businesses are members of SMILE.

6. 6 Slovakia Establishment of the legal obligation in C&D sector for use of the various types of materials in such a way that materials could be reused or recycled. Sweden Manufacture, develop, purchase and sell textiles designed for long life and which do not contain hazardous substances and are possible to reuse and recycle. Wales The Welsh Government has assessed options for increasing reuse, preparing for reuse and repair of household, business and construction and demolition products currently entering the waste system. Detailed options have been developed for electrical items, furniture and clothing. Measures 3

7. 7 Two examples for possible re-use strategies  ICT  Wood offcut Re-use! There are no technical problems!

8. 8 Given the 306 Million PCs and Laptops sold worldwide in 2009 we can assume about 50.796.000.000 kg CO 2 emission by the production of ICT in 2009. ICT 1

9. 9 We assessed the energy consumption of a re-used notebook against a new laptop ICT 2

10. 10 Figure by Dr. René Scheumann Make use of this potential! ICT 3

11. 11 The costs for assembling a brand notebook in Asia are about 2,- €! Against this background Re-use and Further-use businesses are economically inefficient. ICT 4

12. 12 Would you buy this one? … and what would you pay for it? Wood offcut 1

13. 13 The currently calculated production costs for Lotta Rest of at least € 35.00 (selling price ~ € 70.00) per cube are too high. The selling price for a comparable product from a Scandinavian furniture store is at about € 13.00. But this pricing is based on inferior material, poor workmanship and shipment. Changes in the political framework to promote re-use are necessary. Wood offcut 2

14. 14 Approximately 440 m 3 /month of useable rest wood are accumulated in 125 carpentries located in Berlin Pankow, currently used for thermal utilisation. Assumed an equivalent of 585 kg CO 2 per m 3 chipboard the respective possible savings of GHG are about 257.400 kg CO 2 / month! Wood offcut 3

15. 15 Based on today's mainstream economics re-use of this offcut appears to be not promising to carpentry shops: New professional decorative chipboard of 19 mm thickness costs about 14 € / m²! Wood offcut 4

16. 16 We have to design WASTE out of the system! How does it sound to talk about a RESOURCE HIERARCHY? This shift of paradigm will affect all parts of policy making and legislation. Visit TRXP - http://www.trxp.eu !

17. 17 We have constructed a system we can't control. It imposes itself on us, and we become its slaves and victims. E.g. hardware which is handed over to a recycling centre should not automatically turn into waste – together with all the related implications concerning treatment, storage etc. In addition fiscal law and other areas of legislation must be taken into account concerning boundaries and restrictions of re-use businesses. Rectify the constraints and obstacles for re-use businesses

18. 18 Financial support of social enterprises based on their sales of re-use-products (see example Flanders) Capital allowance obligatorily linked to the product life cycle Reduced value added tax (VAT) on repairing, refurbishment and maintenance Designing reward rates to refurbisher and suppliers of re-use goods in dependence on feed-in tariff (FIT) of the Renewable Energy Act? Recommendations and ideas 1

19. 19 Priority of repairing, re-use and refurbishment over new (public) procurement! Initiating commons, e.g. Repair Cafés, All-Sharing-Shops or For-Free-Shops and Give-Boxes by providing public properties Offering crowd funding platforms operated by the European Union (EU) or the national Ministries of the Environment Recommendations and ideas 2

20. 20 Thank You! Questions ? Science Shop kubus Frank Becker TU Berlin kubus Sekr. FH 10-1 Fraunhoferstr. 33-36 10587 Berlin Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 314 - 21580 Fax: +49 (0)30 / 314 - 24276 becker@tu-berlin.de Re-use -and design WASTE out of the system! Let’s talk about RESOURCE HIERARCHY