The Fridge of the Future

在保存和延长食品、药品或药物的寿命方面，冰箱似乎是一个循环经济的英雄，但它们构成了英国电子垃圾中最大的一部分，含有难以再利用或回收的复杂结构或材料，多年来并没有变得更耐用或更持久。冰箱的设计、制造或销售根本没有考虑到循环性。该项目将Glen Dimplex家用电器的冰箱市场和制造技术、The Sure Chill公司新的、更循环的制冷技术和Seymourpowell的创新、设计和可持续性专业知识结合在一起，旨在重新思考循环经济的冰箱。采用以设计为主导的创新流程，我们的可行性研究将调查并确定一种新的专业冰箱循环商业模式-首先针对英国餐饮和医疗客户。如果取得成功，将从电子垃圾中转移600吨冰箱，然后由GDHA扩大到其他细分市场和电器

In preserving and extending the life of food, medicines or drugs, fridges would seem like a circular economy hero, but they make up one of the largest part of UK e-waste, contain complex constuctions or materials that are hard to reuse or recycle, and have not got more durable or longer lasting over the years. Fridges are simply not designed, made or sold with circularity in mind. Bringing together Glen Dimplex Home Appliances fridge market and manufacturing know-how, The Sure Chill Company's new, more circular refridgeration technology and Seymourpowell's innovation, design and sustainability expertise, this project aims to rethink fridges for a circular economy. Using a design-led innovation process, our feasibility study will investigate and identify a new circular business model for Professional fridges - initially for UK Catering and Medical customers. Proving successsful would divert 600 tons of fridges from e-waste p/a, and then be scaled up by GDHA to other segments, markets and appliances