About the client:
The client, a prominent tier 1 automotive supplier, sought to explore innovative methods for recycling and reusing electronic components, an area that poses challenges for most companies due to the increasing prevalence of such components.
Challenge:
In this Research Support Service Project, the Client recruited PreScouter to discover current innovative approaches to reuse and recycle electronic wastes as well as relevant solutions applicable to the Client’s business operations.
Approach:
PreScouter created 4 Intelligence Briefs that investigated:
- Solutions in the industry and in academia to reuse and recycle electronic components.
- Innovative designs for easy disassembly. Disassembly methodologies included using robotic technology and AI, and (circular) business models.
- Recycling technologies such as pyrolysis, hydrometallurgical, and bio-metallurgical processes.
The PreScouter team looked into 60 companies and their technologies, conducted 7 subject matter expert interviews and assessed over 10 companies.
Outcome:
PreScouter presented the Client with current recycling approaches, dismantling technologies, business models, and blockchain applications to improve reuse/recycling rates. The team also covered the best dismantling and recycling technologies for improving recovery rates when reuse is not feasible.
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