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Feasibility & Desirability: How Bosch built a drill from post-consumer recycled plastics
Recycled Plastics for Premium Brands
Can recycled technical plastics meet quality, performance, and price requirements at the same time?
In this episode, Isabelle Gola from Bosch Power Tools explains how Bosch developed a closed-loop pilot for power tools using recycled technical plastics while maintaining the same quality and performance standards, at the same price point for the end consumer.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
• How recycled technical plastics were tested against existing quality and performance specifications.
• How communication, certification, and transparency shaped internal alignment and customer response.
• How Bosch defined success in the pilot, with feedback, learning, and data as central KPIs.
The episode also looks at practical challenges behind the closed-loop approach, including reverse logistics considerations, sourcing sufficient volumes, and using disassembly data to inform eco-design and future product development.
This episode is part of the “Recycled Plastics form Premium Brands” series, sponsored by HolyPoly.
People
Isabelle Gola, Head of Sustainability at Bosch Power Tools
https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-gola-62116b198/
Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:39 From Plastic Shortage to Closed Loop
05:27 The Four-Step Technical Pilot Roadmap
07:00 Reverse Logistics: The Challenge of the 17-Year Lifespan
09:56 Data Mining: 500,000 Data Points for Eco-Design
16:09 Technical Feasibility & Quality Validation
33:25 Communication Strategy
34:43 Isabelle's Personal Learning
About
Bosch Power Tools is a division of the Bosch Group that develops and manufactures power tools, accessories, and measuring equipment for professional tradespeople and DIY users worldwide.
In addition to product performance, Bosch Power Tools integrates sustainability and circular-economy principles into its strategy by improving repairability and product lifetimes, working on resource-efficient designs and materials, and expanding approaches for reusing and recycling tools and components across their life cycle.
Further Links
https://www.bosch-professional.com
One-page Summary
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Recycled Plastics for Premium Brands
Can recycled technical plastics meet quality, performance, and price requirements at the same time?
In this episode, Isabelle Gola from Bosch Power Tools explains how Bosch developed a closed-loop pilot for power tools using recycled technical plastics while maintaining the same quality and performance standards, at the same price point for the end consumer.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
• How recycled technical plastics were tested against existing quality and performance specifications.
• How communication, certification, and transparency shaped internal alignment and customer response.
• How Bosch defined success in the pilot, with feedback, learning, and data as central KPIs.
The episode also looks at practical challenges behind the closed-loop approach, including reverse logistics considerations, sourcing sufficient volumes, and using disassembly data to inform eco-design and future product development.
This episode is part of the “Recycled Plastics form Premium Brands” series, sponsored by HolyPoly.
People
Isabelle Gola, Head of Sustainability at Bosch Power Tools
https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-gola-62116b198/
Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:39 From Plastic Shortage to Closed Loop
05:27 The Four-Step Technical Pilot Roadmap
07:00 Reverse Logistics: The Challenge of the 17-Year Lifespan
09:56 Data Mining: 500,000 Data Points for Eco-Design
16:09 Technical Feasibility & Quality Validation
33:25 Communication Strategy
34:43 Isabelle's Personal Learning
About
Bosch Power Tools is a division of the Bosch Group that develops and manufactures power tools, accessories, and measuring equipment for professional tradespeople and DIY users worldwide.
In addition to product performance, Bosch Power Tools integrates sustainability and circular-economy principles into its strategy by improving repairability and product lifetimes, working on resource-efficient designs and materials, and expanding approaches for reusing and recycling tools and components across their life cycle.
Further Links
https://www.bosch-professional.com
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/podcast-episodes/feasibility-desirability-how-bosch-built-a-drill-from-post-consumer-recycled-plastics/