The circular economy is at the centre of our sustainability strategy. We want to avoid recycling our lights - ideally, we want to rule it out. That is why we are already doing everything we can to manufacture our products in such a way that recycling is ‘normal’.
The take-back guarantee is the basis for this process. Only if the lights find their way back to our factory after however many years can they be professionally reconditioned for a second life. The refurbishment and reuse of products should be a matter of course for us. We therefore see it as our duty and responsibility to realise this for the process that we can influence.
As an experienced ‘made-in-Germany’ luminaire manufacturer, we are already reorganising our production today so that we can reintroduce our luminaires into the cycle as reused, refurbished or remanufactured products in 5, 10 or 20 years' time.
Our approach therefore begins with the design of the products. The method of ‘design according to sustainability guidelines’ is also known as eco-design. Our goals for this type of design method are
