Journal
JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 1046-1051Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0509-3
Keywords
End-of-life vehicles; Dismantling; Bio-based polymers; Shredding
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- AUTO21 network
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As new materials, such as bio-based plastics and composites, are introduced in vehicles for their improved environmental performance, it is necessary to understand how to efficiently recover these biodegradable materials. This paper provides an overview of the end-of-life phase for automobiles, focusing on the dismantling and shredding processes, and the recovery of materials. Targeted unit operations, such as dismantling of components from vehicles and pretreatment prior to shredding, along with design-for-environment principles, should enable the efficient recovery of materials at the end-of-life phase compared with popularly conceived all-in-one-approaches because of the diverse arrangement of material components.
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