RECYCLING GAZEK SAFETY PRODUCTS - RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL, FOR EVERYTHING

Desired outcome

The recycling of fall safety harnesses is an important step towards sustainability. Recycling these harnesses may pose a real challenge, but it is achievable and can contribute to waste reduction.
In this challenge, we ask teams to explore how fall safety equipments can be recycled.
Based on international best practices, teams should propose specific recycling recommendations for GAZEK, aiming to minimize waste generated from the wear and tear of the products the company distributes.

Initial Problem Description

Recycling fall safety harnesses can bring numerous benefits to a company. Primarily, recycling can aid the company in achieving its sustainability goals. The recycling of such harnesses contributes to environmental conservation by reducing waste. This step positively impacts the company's environmental footprint, which is crucial in customer relations and brand image. The company can gain a significant market advantage by offering a solution for recycling its products, thereby supporting its partner companies' green initiatives.
These harnesses are typically made from various materials such as plastic, textile, or metal. Recycling these materials creates opportunities for producing new items. For instance, textile components can be used to create carpets, belts, or other protective gear. Meanwhile, the plastic and metal components can be repurposed for other industrial or manufacturing purposes. Recycling is crucial not only from an environmental perspective but also for generating economic value and reducing waste.
It's important for the company's operations to develop recycling as an associated service.

Context

Recycling is crucial not only from an environmental perspective but also for generating economic value and reducing waste.
It's important for the company's operations to develop recycling as an associated service. These harnesses are typically made from various materials such as plastic, textile, or metal. Recycling these materials creates opportunities for producing new items.

Connection to cross-cutting areas

Primarily, recycling, can aid the company in achieving its sustainability goals. For our company it is important to become circular and extend the product life cycle using innovative green solutions. By developing new services, we are taking into account all environmental aspects , in line current legislative EU directives.

Input

We would like to become more active implementing activities related to the ESG17 goals. Implenting green services and solutions we belive that we can attract potential client companies with similar values and future oriented thinking with the goal to be more sustainable. There are already various innovations that directed to find alternative waste management solutions.

Expectations

We are looking to find new alternative ways to recycle, reuse our products and develop solutions to reduce our footprint with customer-friendly methods. Using recycling methods we wish to strenghten our presence on the Hungarian market. We want to find most suitable ways for our company. using international best practices.

Desired Team Profile

Succesful experiences in development in customer service related methods , widening business portfolio is needed. It is important to be familiar with sustainibilty goals, recycling methodologies, be able to conduct desk research, finding best practices how to reuse, recycle, refurbish safety equipment.

Additional Information

During the implementation this challenge, we will be in continous contact with the team, providing them with a necessary information and feedback of the progress.
Our company team will provide all necessary informations and visual items for the creation for the APP. In case of any question we will be available for them. Our team working language is Hungarian and English.

Related Keywords

• Protecting Man and Environment
• Environment
• Ecology
• Safety
• Waste Management
• Recycling, Recovery
• Industrial manufacturing, Material and Transport Technologies
• Materials Technology
• Consumer related
• Consumer Services
• Other consumer services (including photo processing)