Take-Back Obligation: How DERIX Makes It Work

B2B Take Back For DERIX, the take-back obligation is both a commitment to circularity and an economic advantage. Antonia Görg, Project and Sustainability Manager at DERIX, and Markus Steppler, Managing Director at DERIX, explain how the timber construction company has built a take-back obligation into its contracts. What you'll hear in this episode: • How DERIX's take-back obligation works, from the contract to the return of timber elements • How returned timber is assessed, priced and either reused or remanufactured • Why DERIX sees take-back as a future source of timber and plans to use material from other manufacturers as well The conversation also covers the product data needed to reuse timber in the future, how take-back is connected to carbon credits, and the challenge of building a return system before large volumes of material start coming back. This is the first episode of our B2B Take-Back series. People Antonia Goerg, Project & Sustainability Manager at DERIX https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonia-görg/ Markus Steppler, Managing Director at DERIX https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-steppler-modulbau123/ Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:50 DERIX and its take-back obligation 06:04 The first take-back project 10:45 Reuse, remanufacturing and the take-back process 13:04 How the buy-back price is determined 15:32 Ownership changes and the importance of product data 18:38 Combining take-back with carbon credits 24:14 Taking back timber from other manufacturers 25:15 The economics of using secondary timber 27:47 Building future return flows About DERIX is a German timber construction company specializing in engineered wood and large scale timber structures. Its work focuses on renewable building materials, resource efficient construction and the reuse of timber components, supporting more circular approaches in the construction sector. Further Links https://derix.de/ https://derix.de/en/derix-group-building-turnaround-and-cradle-to-cradle-now/ https://derix.de/en/film-deconstruction-circl-assembled-disassembled/ https://derix.de/en/derix-circular-construction-stories-carbon-credits/ One-page Summary Sign-up for the Circularity.fm Newsletter and get a summary with the take-aways of this episode. Register here: https://circularity.fm/episode/take-back-obligation-how-derix-makes-it-work/