When is it worth the cost of remanufacturing

When is it worth the cost of remanufacturing
Boston MA (SPX) May 18, 2011 - It seems like a no-brainer: Remanufacturing products rather than making new ones from scratch - widely done with everything from retread tires to refilled inkjet cartridges to remanufactured engines - should save a lot of energy, right? Not so fast, says a new study by researchers at MIT. In some cases, the conventional wisdom is indeed correct. But out of 25 case studies on products in ei ... more


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