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Refurbishing smartphones: an eco-efficient way to reduce e-waste
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Identification
By refurbishing smartphones, the lifespan is expected to be increased from 21.6months to 33.6 months, reducing the total CO2 emissions, keeping the smartphone in a better state (cover and protector glass), and possibly give the device a third life &; increase job creation. The upcoming project is to activate a buy back program in order to reduce the number of hibernating devices (estimated at 88% of the total volume sold) and to increase the refurbishment rate and to increase the material recovery rate. Any initiative to increase the recycling rate has a direct impact on the use of raw and precious material. The distribution model is focussed on B2B customers and telecom operators. Buying a refurbished device has the following indirect benefits: lower CO2 emission, less raw material, less pollution, less unhealthy labour by extracting raw material.
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September 16, 2020
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Back2Buzz
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Belgium
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Medium and large scale commercialization
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Network, New clients, Visibility, Funding, Partners, Credibility
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The environmental benefits
- •Giving a second life to a smartphone by extending its lifespan from 21.6 to 33.6 months considerably reduces its emissions per year of usage
- •700 million phones are hibernating. 84 million would be recycled with a 12% recycling rate
- •For a 250g smartphone, almost 40 kg of raw material is needed
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The Financial benefits
- •Buying a refurbished device makes a saving from 30 to 40%
- •Material recovery: if only today 12% of the total smartphones are recovered, the value of recovered gold, silver, copper, palladium, cobalt & lithium would be almost 36M$.
- •To refurbish 10000 smartphones, 8 jobs are created
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Poland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium,
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Back2Buzz
Back2Buzz is a Belgian company specialized in refurbishing A++ grade smartphones, ecofriendly&biodegradable accessories
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1310, Belgium
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