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Sustainable

product

development

Plastic is a much-discussed material. We know that high- ECO CO chainge igus:bike
performance polymers can make a contribution to the 2
protection of resources and to the environment, and have product range footprint program
made this the focus of our activities. We look at plastics in
three phases: during production, in use and at the end of the
product's life. We will give you our answers to sustainability
questions for both our products and everyday life at igus .
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Much remains unanswered, and for some things, especially
with regard to sustainable production, we are still working 100
on answers and solutions.
regranulate

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Cost-effective and versatile. CO 2 footprint in the online shop Recycling made easy Yesterday's waste for tomorrow's
The new, sustainable iglidur ECO igus has been focusing more and As a plastics processing and mobility: he first motion plastics
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materials consist of regranulates of more on sustainability in manufacturing manufacturing company, we are bike in the world
our top materials, which have proven and products since 2018. As a result, very concerned about making our The idea for the igus:bike project was
themselves for many years. we are now also able to state the contribution to sustainable, resource- born with this vision. The project aims
carbon footprint of a large number of conserving use of plastic. We focus to use plastic waste dumps worldwide
our iglidur plain bearings. In addition, on technical plastics because that is as resources for a recycled bicycle. On
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there are new products that are largely exactly what our business is. Make a the newly created igus:bike platform,
or completely made from recycled contribution towards the reduction of we want to work with other bicycle
material from our own production. And plastic waste and the improvement of and component manufacturers to
these are also tested in the laboratory recycling in industry. create a sustainable, corrosion-free,
and have a predictable service life. u www.chainge.igus.eu maintenance-free alternative for urban
mobility. We are taking the first step
with mtrl, a start-up we are supporting
during development and production
of a bicycle made entirely of plastic.
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