Even a simple aid or recommendation helps to promote the sustainable use of electronic toys.
As an expert in the sustainable recycling of disused electrical and electronic appliances, lamps and lighting equipment, and photovoltaic systems, with your help, we play a crucial role in setting pioneering benchmarks in eRecycling.
Circular app
Give your toys a second life!
Birthday, Easter, Christmas – another remote-controlled car, a robot or a game console? Those who give presents to children or tidy up their rooms are familiar with the numerous toys that make children’s hearts beat faster – even if only for a short time. And what happens then?
What do you do with the toys that are mostly still in good condition? How can you pass them on sensibly or dispose of them correctly? Together with one of our members, the Swiss Toys and Games Association (SVS), we have addressed these questions and, in a pilot project, developed a platform that promotes the sustainable use of toys. After all, electronic toys in particular lose their attractiveness quickly, are easily damaged and sit unused on shelves for long periods of time instead of being repaired, given away or disposed of.
The Circular app offers a simple guide on how to give your toys a second life. For the course of a month, we tested interest in the Circular app and noticed active use of ReUse options such as sales or donations. The Circular app pilot project is now being further developed and expanded in close cooperation with the SVS.
Conclusion
ReUse photovoltaics
ReUse for used and new photovoltaic modules in Switzerland
In the Lucerne hinterland, many photovoltaic systems were hit by hailstones as big as tennis balls in the summer of 2021, causing serious damage to many modules and resulting in a need to replace entire systems. Replacing individual modules is currently difficult because the search for suitable modules is time-consuming and difficult for specialist installers.
In terms of promoting the Swiss circular economy, SENS eRecycling and Swissolar are examining the key question of how a platform can support specialist installers in finding, purchasing or selling individual photovoltaic replacement modules so that resources of all kinds can be used sustainably and in a targeted manner. A preliminary project evaluated the needs of the target group with regard to such a platform and considered what specific characteristics the solution should ultimately have. With a consistent focus on the target group, an overall concept including a business model, business case and go-to-market strategy will be created.
Conclusion
According to the preliminary project, there is a need for a ReUse platform and there is willingness to use it. Further development is being assessed with Swissolar.