European Commission’s Remanufacture Report 2015 states that currently, less than 2% of all produced products are remanufactured. Nevertheless, this sector employs 194,000 people and accounts for almost 30Bln€ in revenue in EU alone.
In December 2019, the EU Green Deal has been announced. It was then adopted by France and Germany in March 2020 turbo-boosting the remanufacturing industry by imposing significant limitation on product-to-waste business models and incentifying remanufacturing.
For example, on February 10th 2020, France has adopted their own “Anti-waste law for the circular economy”. Among it’s five core objectives, part 4 specifically focuses on remanufacturing:
1. Apply a repairability index and make progress towards a durability index
2. Facilitate repair and promote the use of used spare parts
3. Extend the legal guarantee of conformity
4. Introduce mandatory information on the duration of computer and phone operating software updates
5. Create repair funds
6. Enable the use of 3D printing for the repair of objects”
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