ABB swappage scheme aids ISO14001 compliance

The ABB swappage scheme is supported by a recycling programme that recycled 13 tonnes of waste variable speed drives, recovering more than 90 per cent of their component materials by weight.

The ABB swappage scheme offers at least 17.5 per cent off the list price of a new ABB drive and will swap out incumbent drives from any manufacturer.

The ABB recycling programme, now in its eighth year, takes these scrapped drives and recycles them according to the WEEE Directive, even though drives are not covered by the legislation.

Once the drive has been removed for recycling, ABB issues a certificate that can be used for environmental audits by end users complying with ISO 14001.

In the UK, ABB has an agreement with recycling company and approved waste carrier, RID, to transport and recycle the drives.

The company collects the old drives from ABB Drives Alliance partners.

In the case of large drives or large quantities of smaller drives, RID collects direct from the end user.

ABB's current drives offer more than ten per cent higher efficiency than its most popular drive from the 1980s.

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