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Automotive Recycling as Reuse: Investigation to Establish the Contribution of Reuse on Recyclability
Technical Paper
1999-01-0987
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The goal of this paper is to define and quantify the contribution of used parts to vehicle recycling. In 1997, this research was stimulated when the Federal Trade Commission opened hearings on the definition of recycling. At this time, general facts about the automotive recycling industry and reuse of automotive parts were hard to find. This study's goal was to produce actual data on the contribution of reuse to vehicle recycling and to answer questions about the industry. Can accurate reuse measurements be calculated with data collected from recyclers? What should be the expected average performance of a company in the recycling industry? What effect can reuse have on landfill avoidance? The results of this study established that the sale and reuse of used parts played a significant role in vehicle recycling. The Automotive Recyclers Association, representing the existing industry, testified at the FTC hearings using preliminary results from this study. On May 1st 1998, the Federal Trade Commission in its report on the hearings recognized and included automotive part reuse as a form of vehicle recycling for the first time1.
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Duranceau, C. and Lindell, T., "Automotive Recycling as Reuse: Investigation to Establish the Contribution of Reuse on Recyclability," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-0987, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-0987.Also In
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