Circular Economy Case Study: Barloworld

Barloworld

From the Film: Circular Economy Case Study

Barloword – a South African industrial conglomerate, with the second-largest Caterpillar equipment remanufacturing plant in the world

Barloworld developed a 30,000 square meter facility: 20,000 square meters are for the rebuilding of components and the remainder, 10,000, is for warehousing purposes.

According to Lesibana Ledwaba from Barloworld, “A facility like this, you take a long-term view on it when you invest in something like this – you think beyond today, you think the next 20, 30, 40 up to maybe a hundred years. Even though we may have invested a significant amount of money, the returns not only to Barloworld, but to the country, to the world at large, is … you can’t quantify that.” Continue reading “Circular Economy Case Study: Barloworld”