WeWaWi - Reuse white goods
The project 'WeWaWi' - 'Weiße Ware Wiederverwenden' - finds solutions to bring large household appliances back into the economic cycle. We are investigating whether and how appliances can be repaired, how the transportation of used large household appliances is legally safe and how the return logistics must be designed.
We enable large household appliances to be given a second life, at favorable prices for customers and thus conserve resources.
'Weiße Ware Wiederverwenden' enables and tests new business models through close cooperation between retailers and manufacturers. In this first-time collaboration between these two players, synergies in delivery and return logistics can be used with new business models for the circular economy, the product design can be optimized by analyzing the sources of defects in defective used appliances and the take-back obligation from the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act can be used to continue using used appliances. The manufacturer Bosch-Siemens-Hausgeräte, as the manufacturer represented in the project, and selected specialist stores for electrical and electronic appliances thus support the distribution of high-quality, used appliances on the market, whose extended product life also serves to improve environmental aspects.
Project partners
| Project management: | ReUse e.V., business economist and computer scientist computer scientist Stefan Ebelt (vunk advisory board) |
| Environmental and economic calculations: | Dr. Ludwig Intelligent Projects GmbH, Dr. Volker Ludwig; Felix Lösing |
| Legal assistance: | Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerus, public law, in particular energy and environmental law at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg; Christina Trummer |
| Collaboration in economics: | ReUse e.V., graduate business economist and computer scientist Stefan Ebelt; Felix Lösing |
| Practice partners Manufacturer: | BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Dipl. Kfm. Techn. Christian Dworak |
Advisory board member of vunk: Prof. Dr. Peter Heidrich
Duration: August 2019 - December 2025
Funded by: UBA & BMUV
We provide information on the progress of the project here.
