At its launch today, the Conseil Européen de Remanufacture (European Remanufacturing Council) announced its plans to represent companies which produce €30 billion of remanufactured products and employ 190,000 people across Europe. Its work programme, aimed at global institutions such as the UN, the OECD and the World Bank, aims to increase to 5% the proportion of manufactured output that achieves an extended life through remanufacturing. The current rate is a mere 2%. The unveiling of the programme looked much like any other until a last-minute plot twist… click here for the full article.
