RECYCLING AND REUSE OF HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS, COMPONENT PRINCIPLES OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Abstract

In this article, the authors analyzed the importance of recycling and reusing components in hydraulic drive equipment in line with the principles of the circular economy. The circular economy is also based on the principle of 3R, Reduction, Reuse, Recycling and attempts are being made to implement this principle in all areas, in order to protect existing resources, which are limited. Unlike the economy of consumer goods where in time was used the principle of linear economy, where after manufacture and consumption the goods were disposed, in hydraulic drive principles were used and still used as reuse, repair, maintenance, factory. Due to the fact that hydraulic equipment is expensive to purchase new, and its maintenance is not cheap at all, market trends have always been to repair or reuse hydraulic components, to the detriment of their purchase by us. Practically, in this field of hydraulic drives, the beneficiaries turned themselves to these principles of the circular economy, without the need for them to be imposed by anyone, as has happened in other areas. The authors point out that in the field of hydraulic drives the importance of recycling and reuse has taken a significant place, so in this field it is much easier to successfully apply the principles of the circular economy, thus reducing raw material consumption and pressure on existing resources.