Sustainable Circular Economy for LIBERO Components

The industry has been observing a growing shortage of components for several years. Initially, the shortage was mainly of simple components such as condensers. But today there is a global shortage of a number of raw materials and components. This has led to a massive increase in prices. Since this will not change in the foreseeable future, ELPRO, our suppliers and you, our customers, are increasingly focusing on the circular economy and the re-utilization of components. Only through the sustainable use of resources can availability be ensured in the long term at prices in line with the market.
By participating in our initiative "Sustainable Circular Economy for LIBERO Components", you contribute to return as many valuable and scarce components as possible directly into the production cycle of LIBERO data loggers.

The extraction of raw materials from data loggers is complex, which is why recycling is expensive in many countries. By taking over the recycling and re-utilization of parts and components centrally for you, we and you contribute to an efficient and sustainable circular economy and ensure that the greatest possible proportion of the valuable, scarce parts and components built into our data loggers are returned to ELPRO's material and production flow.

We firmly believe that it is worthwhile to return every single LIBERO data logger to the ELPRO material and production flow. Over 90 percent of all hardware components of our data loggers can be reused or recycled. These are particularly valuable raw materials that are required for chip production. In addition, we use only A-grade components that are typically designed to serve between ten and twenty years.

Organization of the shipment and shipping costs will be taken over by the sender. From a quantity of 100 LIBERO CS and/or CB data loggers ELPRO will help you with the shipment and take over the shipping costs. In this case please contact us directly.

Pack the data loggers and prepare the shipping documents and the delivery note. Declare the shipment as 'Return Goods for Recycling'. Send the data loggers to one of the ELPRO locations listed above.

Please use a delivery note with the details of the sender and the number of data loggers. Please make sure to label the data loggers as 'Return Goods for Recycling' and not as 'Defective'.

It is possible to return your data loggers from most countries without any problems. However, there are countries where the legal requirements can lead to potential complications. For this reason, we have divided all countries into country groups:

• Country group 1 = ELPRO can organize the return transport on its own as a service.
• Country group 2 = The returning company organizes the return transport with support from ELPRO.
• Country group 3 = Specific local clarifications and authorizations from returning company are required; ELPRO can provide supporting information.

You can find information on the country group to which your country belongs in the document "process information" on this webpage.

Organization of the shipment and the necessary shipping and customs documents will be taken over by the sender. From a quantity of 100 LIBERO CS or CB data loggers ELPRO will help you with the shipment and take over the shipping costs. In this case, please contact us directly.

Pack the LIBERO data loggers so that they are protected from moisture or extreme shocks. Please be sure to declare the data loggers as 'Return Goods for Recycling' and not as 'Defective' in the shipping documents.

You can send your LIBERO data loggers to one of the ELPRO locations listed above.

If you have any questions about the "Sustainable Circular Economy for LIBERO Components" initiative, please contact swiss@elpro.com or your contact person at ELPRO.

Over 90 percent of all hardware components used in the new ELPRO data loggers can be reused or recycled. Via our retraceability system, we check whether components can be reused. Since ELPRO itself feeds the components of the returned data loggers into the ELPRO defined and controlled re-utilization process, ELPRO's high quality standards are guaranteed.