Third, develop products that are easy to repair, reuse, remanufacture,
compost, or recycle. For example, a Xerox
photocopier made of reusable or recyclable parts that
allow for easy remanufacturing could eventually save
the company $1 billion in manufacturing costs. And,
the automobile industry, led by European automakers,
now designs motor vehicles with bar coded parts so that
the vehicles can be more easily disassembled and recycled.
At a plant in Corinth, Mississippi (USA), the heavy
equipment manufacturer Caterpillar disassembles some
17 truckloads of diesel engines a day, repairs worn parts,
and reassembles the engines, which are then as good as
new. Sales of the reassembled engines are about $1 billion
a year and are growing at 15% a year.