{"id":14555,"date":"2025-09-23T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/?p=14555"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:17:02","slug":"gjenbruk-hos-norske-backer-og-reproduksjon-av-varmekolber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/gjenbruk-hos-norske-backer-og-reproduksjon-av-varmekolber\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuse at Norske Backer and reproduction of heating flasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Norske Backer, we are committed to reuse and recycling as part of our sustainability work. We want to find solutions that allow materials and \"used\" products to have an extended life instead of being thrown away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wherever possible, we use recycled materials and also accept used products from customers. In this way, we can reuse parts of the construction that are still of high quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of our partners is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protan.no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protan<\/a>, who send in heating elements to us for restoration and reproduction. The process involves removing the old heating elements from the flange and element support, drilling out the existing holes, sandblasting the parts and finally soldering in new heating elements. This is a type of assignment we carry out regularly, and the result is that around half of the heating flask is reused - only the heating elements are replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we asked Protan why they choose to reuse instead of buying new, they replied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong>We take reuse seriously. We reuse the heating element flanges to save time, costs and the environment. But we also rely on you to replace the parts when needed to ensure good quality.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to highlight Protan as a good example of a customer who takes responsibility by investing in reuse. They also give us the opportunity to contribute to their important environmental work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our ambition is for more players to be inspired to reuse resources whenever possible - so we can make the best use of what we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did you know that ...<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Norway, around 540,000 tons of plastic are thrown away annually, but only 24 % is actually recycled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We also throw away around 1.4 million tons of wood every year, and as much as 1.2 million tons of this goes straight to incineration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miljodirektoratet.no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Norwegian Environment Agency<\/a> In 2021, approximately 11.6 million tons of waste was generated, but only 44 % was recycled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since 2011, material recycling in Norway has declined. To meet the requirements of EU regulations (through the EEA Agreement), the proportion of recycling must be significantly increased in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources:<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soir.no\/ombruk\/fun-facts-om-gjenvinning-og-ombruk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/soir.no\/ombruk\/fun-facts-om-gjenvinning-og-ombruk\/<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miljodirektoratet.no\/ansvarsomrader\/avfall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.miljodirektoratet.no\/ansvarsomrader\/avfall\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hos Norske Backer er vi opptatt av gjenbruk og resirkulering som en del av v\u00e5rt arbeid med b\u00e6rekraft. Vi \u00f8nsker \u00e5 finne l\u00f8sninger som gj\u00f8r at materialer og \u00abbrukte\u00bb produkter kan f\u00e5 forlenget levetid i stedet for \u00e5 bli kastet. Der vi har mulighet, tar vi i bruk resirkulerte materialer og tar ogs\u00e5 imot brukte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baerekraftig"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14560,"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14555\/revisions\/14560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norskebacker.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}