Return and collection by the supplier
Baseline strategy · No scoreIt contracts the return supply of the product, equipment or packaging at the end of its life, rather than keeping the waste management.
How it works
It contracts the return supply of the product, equipment or packaging at the end of its life, rather than keeping the waste management.
It considers materials and components throughout extraction, manufacture, transport, use, maintenance and recovery to conserve value and reduce impacts.
When does it make sense?
- Before you specify or purchase materials and products
- Where functionally comparable alternatives exist
- With life cycle data and a realistic maintenance and end-of-use plan
How to apply it
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Defining which need resolves "return and pick up by the supplier" and establishing a starting situation.
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Compare alternatives and adapt design to climate, use, regulation, affected people and available resources.
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Apply with clear responsibilities, check the actual result and correct unwanted effects.
Potential benefits
Lower carbon life cycle
Less extraction and toxicity
More retained value
Limitations and precautions
- It depends on whether the supplier has a real destination for the return; without it, the commitment is nominal.
- An isolated label does not replace the comparison of the entire system.
- Durability, security, quantity used and end-of-life scenario can change the result.
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