Implementation of Circular economy model for reusing of WEEE

MAIN OBJECTIVE

The demonstration of a new circular business model for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) equipment, by developing a repair centre and e-marketplace for spare parts obtained from end-of-life refrigerators and air conditioners, extending the lifetime of such equipment.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

1. Increased number of the available recovered parts on the market by combining technical aspects of testing and modern IT systems.
2. Creating disassembly facilities for WEEE with testing and implementing a prototype for diagnosis of spare parts dedicated for HVACR equipment.
3. Establishing a spare parts distribution network by creating an e-commerce platform that will allow the purchase of parts throughout Europe. Promotion of the platform will be carried out in Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Slovakia.
4. Expansion of the equipment waste collection network in Poland.
5. Increased awareness of the reuse, second life, and circular economy in the refrigerant and air-conditioning sectors.

RESULTS EXPECTED

1. Approximately 4,500 spare parts to be recovered and tested by the end of the project.
2. At least 1,000 spare parts for the refrigeration and air conditioning market will be sold in the last year of the project.
3. The parts will extend the life of 1,000 pieces of HVACR equipment and will reduce 70 tonnes of such waste.
4. Five prototypes for diagnosis of spare parts (compressors, engines, fans, pressure elements, valves) will be developed.
5. Increasing the level of waste equipment recovery by 260 tonnes in the last year of the project.
6. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from equipment by 5 tonnes of CO2/year.
7. Advanced and automated reuse model, ready for replication in other places and sectors.