Disposal and Recycling Flow and Closed-Recycling of Scrapped Automobiles in Aichi-prefecture

Autor: Ken Kanaya, Yoko Hattori
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH. 27:763-771
ISSN: 1884-8117
0915-0390
DOI: 10.2208/proer1988.27.763
Popis: In Japan, approximately five million automobiles are scrapped a year. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry sets up the goal of maximizing recycling to equal to or more than 95% of the weight of scrapped automobiles after fiscal year 2015. However, automobile recycling has many unknown points. Therefore, in this study, we investigated disposal and recycling flow and closed-recycling of scrapped automobiles in Aichi-prefecture by hearing investigation to automobile affiliated companies mainly. Main results are as follows. 1) Approximately 75% of scrapped automobiles are recycled. 2) The rate of closed-recycling of scrapped automobiles is about 58%. Most of the material withclosed-recycling is iron.
Databáze: OpenAIRE