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DIFFERENT TREATMENT CONCEPTS FOR:
❯ FRIDGES AND ACs
❯ TONER CARTRIDGES
❯ PLASTICS FROM E-SCRAP
❯ CATHODE RAY TUBES
❯ PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS
❯ SMALL DOMESTIC APPLIANCES AND IT
❯ BIG DOMESTIC APPLIANCES
❯ FLAT SCREENS
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showing us quite clearly that the way
we have set up our value chains is
deeply flawed. It wouldn’t surprise me
if new business models such as ours
gain momentum, and the chain is
going to get more circular much faster
than it would have done otherwise.
The industry will come out this better.
But first we have to hold on tight and
get through it.’
let’s taCKle this tOgetheR
There are also the employees to con-
sider. ‘The heart of our company is our
factory team,’ Bassett insists. ‘They
come to work every day to keep items
in circulation and out of landfill by
renewing them. We are doing every-
thing we can to keep them safe and
protected as they do the physical,
hands-on work to protect our planet.’
She stresses that The Renewal
Workshop factory and its online store
remain open for business. ‘We are cur-
rently operating as usual. There is no
disruption or delay in our order fulfil-
ment,’ Bassett notes. ‘We have taken
the advice from the Centre For
Disease Control and implemented all
of the precautions to create a safe
workspace.’ This means intense clean-
ing protocols and social distancing at
workstations and in communal spaces.
Anyone with signs of illness is required
to stay home while those who can
work from home are doing so.
‘We’ve decided that as long as we can
keep our team and customers safe,
continuing to make circular sales avail-
able is the right choice,’ Bassett con-
cludes. ‘In all the fear and uncertainty,
in all the chaos and isolation, we are
holding space for peace and connec-
tion. At the core of our business is the
word partnership. At no time has this
word been more meaningful. The only
way of moving through this crisis is
together, albeit by defining together-
ness a little differently than we usually
do.’
She understands it can be tempting to
focus solely on the bad news but
insists it’s important to try to find a sil-
ver lining in even the grimmest of cir-
The Renewable Workshop ships all its products in recycled paper.
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