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Products damaged during shipment are dismantled, 2. Carton boxes
and the parts are harvested for repair or replacements
(see Figure 6). A problem ace is that it cannot find any • The company is to arrange for their employees to
companies willing to accept the dismantled parts. bring back all the carton boxes from the job site
after installation.
• Arranged with recycled materials collector for the
collection of carton boxes for monthly recycling.

3. Damaged products
• The company can harvest reusable parts from
damaged products for future use.
• A recycling company should then collect the
remaining waste materials.

Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions

SNI Trading Pte Ltd, a recycling company, has participated
in this program to assist Rheem Singapore in its recycling
efforts. The company agreed to conduct a regular
collection of carton boxes from Rheem Singapore.
Figure 6: Extraction of parts from damaged
water heater. However, with the COVID-19 situation and the reduction
of installation orders, the initial monthly collection
Eco-Solutions arrangement was revised. The first monthly collection
of carton boxes for recycling began on 21 October 2020,
one month after submitting the proposal.
The focus for this section will be on eco-solutions for the
recycling of carton boxes to reduce associated carbon Table 2 shows the projected reduction in carbon
emissions. emissions by recycling the carton boxes

1. Wooden pallets
Monthly collection Projected yearly
• Reusable plastic pallets are recommended, as 43kg CO 2 516kg CO 2
they are more durable than the wooden pallets
currently used. Table 2: Projected reduction of total carbon emission
• Current wooden pallets are also more vulnerable to monthly & yearly.
damage during movement around warehouses.

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