Is it time to create or use the existing Supply Chain Management (SCM) software or similar service to collect E-Wastes generated by us or contribute the same to others in case the product is in working condition?
Context
HP Ink Advantage e3545 All in one Printer (Printer, Scan, Xerox) functions are provided by this printer.
We decided to upgrade the Printer or replace this with another printer in our Canon PIXMA G3000 that is also an All in one Printer (Printer, Scan, Xerox) features provided by this printer.
Situation and Reason for this Upgrade, was the need to buy and replace cartridges often requiring us to buy the HP branded cartridges (Color and Black) HP 768.
The Design of HP e3545 was that the Printers Cartridges included the ink supply with in cartridge. However the Cartridge or the ribbon are capable for longer shelf life and probably required a ink refill. That would mean the modularity of the Printer Cartridge had to be altered to segregate the cartridge function and provide an external ink tank. I wasn't aware of the design nor explored heavily on the options available but my intent was to buy a printer at a reasonable capital price limit of Rs. 5,000. This printer at that point I decided that HP 3545 All in one Printer would be valuable.
Now, the new printer has exactly solved this limitation with a provision of ink tanks (Black, Cyan, Yellow and Magnetta). For a home user this might be good enough, however the CANON official refills cost Rs. 2,500 that includes 4 bottles of ink).
Now, the technicality apart, I have ended up with two working printers at home and wasn't getting good deal on the internet for a return or exchange offer on a old printer.
The options in front of me with two working printers are,
Giving it to My Parents Home (can be used by my brothers family or by my sisters family) in Madurai
Giving it to my Brother's family living in Chennai
Giving it to my In laws family who live in Santhosapuram Village, Dindigul District
Giving it as Donation to some one. In US the general practice that they leave the working old machines just outside their home so that some one who is in need could gracefully accept it.
The other possible options could be it to trash it via a suitable E-Waste Collection Portal or App or Platform that integrates with the existing Delivery or Logistics chain that already exists and is tapped by API interfaces to use the same platform with some extended functionality to minimize the recycle cost burden on the customer, who is willing donate a working machine or disposes a non-working machine.
Such a SCM or Delivery or Logistics platform would help build a reverse flow of goods to either Factories or recycle plants or disintegrated or dissembled (Builder Pattern or Dissembler Pattern) or disposement of the good with a complete audit trail in it. This enable some CARBON CREDITS, WASTE Management CREDITS, DONOR-SHIP CREDITS and the working components are then could be routed for concept explanation in Schools by this Platform to Students.
What do we think or say about this idea?
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