Electronic

‘Ghost Machines’ and Rogue Components: A Repair Security Wake-Up Call

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One often overlooked yet crucial aspect of this transition is the role of electronic repair and maintenance in ensuring long-term efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reduced waste. Without adequate planning and support for electronic sustainability, this energy transformation could lead to increased waste, supply chain disruptions, and rising costs, undermining the benefits and leading to an environmental and economic disaster!

Business woman holding a model wind turbine with a repaired circuit board/PCB on the desk next to soldering iron and some integrated circuit chips. A metaphor for how electronics repair benefits renewable energy sustainability.

How Electronics Repair Will Save the Renewable Energy Transition from an Environmental and Economic Disaster

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One often overlooked yet crucial aspect of this transition is the role of electronic repair and maintenance in ensuring long-term efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reduced waste. Without adequate planning and support for electronic sustainability, this energy transformation could lead to increased waste, supply chain disruptions, and rising costs, undermining the benefits and leading to an environmental and economic disaster!

Alstom collaboration with Repair, Don’t Waste goes from strength to strength.

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Global rail operator Alstom have been fans of the Repair, Don’t Waste mindset since their first investment in specialist test and troubleshooting technology in 2015, equipping their Chilean site with the in-house capabilities to repair their own faulty circuit boards. In 2023, Alstom have 11 locations across 3 continents that are Repair, Don’t Waste members and expect this number to increase significantly as net-zero target dates grow ever closer. The close relationship between Repair, Don’t Waste and Alstom is crucial to their long-term sustainability plans – and here’s why.

Turning Electronic Waste into Gold – The Solution to ‘E-Waste Guilt’? 

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The Royal Mint has revealed plans to build a “world-first” plant in South Wales to recover gold from UK electronic waste. The pioneering facility will help address the growing environmental issue of E-Waste, alongside fostering invaluable skills in Britain’s job market When complete in 2023, the new venture will support about 40 jobs. Although the Royal Mint recycling plant is an exciting prospect for many, it does not address the root of the issue – why are we wasting electronics rather than repairing them?