Social Enterprise

Social Enterprise

R.U.S.Z.: Giving a second life to electrical and electronic appliances

Reparatur- und Service-Zentrum R.U.S.Z / Repair and Service Centre R.U.S.Z

Organisation or Company

Reparatur- und Service-Zentrum R.U.S.Z / Repair and Service Centre R.U.S.Z

Type of organisation or company

Private company,

Social enterprise

Country

Austria

Language for original content

German

Key Area

Waste management,

Secondary raw materials

Sector

Personal and household goods,

Product as a Service,

Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose,

Social Enterprise,

Social impact

Scope

National

Following the business model of a sustainable repair shop, R.U.S.Z is a social business which started in 1998 as a work integration social enterprise for long-term unemployed persons.