ReWords

Processes that require sufficient modification of a product such that its usable service life is extended beyond the original design expectation: this requires material replacement and renewal activity that far exceeds repair or reuse activity, but which is significantly less structured, industrialized, and quality focused than remanufacturing.

Activities are performed at the product - level, where a functioning product must have some worn or damaged parts removed to be restored or replaced, in order for it to continue functioning for the duration of its expected life. Rather than the entire product being discarded into a waste or recycling stream due to a worn or damaged part, repair activities bring the entire product back to its original functioning capacity for the continuation of the product’s expected life.

The collection, inspection and testing, superficial cleaning, and redistribution of a product back into the market under controlled conditions. The significance of this value retention process is that only those products that are in sufficient working condition, not as far into their service life, not requiring any component replacement or repair, and to which quick and easy aesthetic touch-ups can be performed, qualify for reuse.