(best examples and good practices) on household organic waste ...

(best examples and good practices) on household organic waste ... (best examples and good practices) on household organic waste ...

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235 Figure 60.: Loofen company’s activated carbon filter (Loofen., 2010) 13.3. Coway household waste dryers Coway cooperation was established in 1989 in Korea. The company has been creating products such as: air purifiers, water filtration devices, digital bidets, megasonic cleaning devices ong>andong> other home appliances since then. As some of Coway‘s products had a quite high initial cost to consumers when they first hit the market, Coway adopted a rental business model in 1998 to make them more accessible to the public. As the cost to consumers decreased over time, people began adopting the products more ong>andong> more. In 2003, Coway enlarged its business to go global with the first overseas business starting in Japan. Coway then expong>andong>ed to Thailong>andong>, China, ong>andong> Malaysia. On May 2010, Coway also opened its first U.S. subsidiary in Los Angeles, signaling its commitment to the U.S. market. As for the European market, Coway has set up a number of logistics bases ong>andong> is planning to establish subsidiaries shortly. In the global market, Coway makes localization its top priority. The company has created a small series of household waste drying models with different capabilities but they all have the same philosophy just like the Loofen models. In the following picture, the high capacity model (WM05-A) of the company is shown in the following picture:

236 Figure 61.: Coway high capacity model (Coway., 2010) A smaller waste capacity model (WMD-01) is shown in the picture below: Figure 62.: Coway small capacity model (Coway., 2010) The third small capacity model (WM03) is shown in the following picture:

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Figure 61.: Coway high capacity model<br />

(Coway., 2010)<br />

A smaller <strong>waste</strong> capacity model (WMD-01) is shown in the picture below:<br />

Figure 62.: Coway small capacity model<br />

(Coway., 2010)<br />

The third small capacity model (WM03) is shown in the following picture:

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