Asustek Computer: Packaging Boards for Furniture

The board of packaging equipment and raw materials was made into a beautiful conference table, leisure chairs and telephone booths, and the water that was poured on the lawns and trees came from the air conditioning condensate and rainwater from the artificial lake. This was the author's recent work at Asustek Computer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. See the scene.

In September 2003, Asustek Computer became the first circular economy pilot unit in Jiangsu Province and became a "crab-eating person" in the circular economy. It began exploration in this area. According to reports, they mainly made four attempts, including air-conditioning condensate reuse horticultural irrigation, copper sulfate recycling, recycling and reuse of copper powder, packaging and recycling of wood waste.

During the construction of the second phase of the plant, they specifically designed and built the air conditioning condensate recovery device, and built six underground water reservoirs in the factory area to collect rainwater and air conditioning condensate. When the water level reaches a certain position, the submersible pump will Automatically pumping water into the artificial lake, the artificial lake can store up to 3,600 tons of water. This water can be used to water 50,000 square meters of plant nurseries, lawns and football fields. This measure can save 95 tons of tap water per day. The waste water generated in the production process contains a large amount of copper sulfate and copper powder. They use the influence of temperature on the solubility of copper sulfate, and the waste water is injected into the copper sulfate recycling machine. The temperature is reduced to about 15° C., and the copper sulfate crystals precipitate and remain. The medicine can be used after it has been collected. The waste water containing copper powder is filtered by the copper powder recycling machine to remove the copper powder. The water after the copper powder is filtered can also be recycled, thereby reducing the use of tap water and the amount of waste water discharged. Due to the large scale of production, the quantity of wood used for packaging equipment and raw materials is also very large, and thousands of tons of packaged wood will be produced in a year. The company organizes specialized personnel to select high-quality parts to be processed into office furniture, telephone booths, and stool chairs. Wait. At present, all solid wastes in the plant have undergone strict classification, accounting for 36 items. Except for a small amount of hazardous waste such as sludge and dust, which was entrusted to the Environmental Protection Service Company of the High-tech Zone, a large amount of other packaging wastes such as paperboard and plastics are returned to the specialized manufacturers for recycling. At the same time, for some of the original one-time use of packaging materials, such as cartons, wood, etc., require suppliers to gradually use plastic materials, can continue to recycle and recycle, reduce waste from the source.