EUROPEAN COMMISSION OPTIMISTIC OVER END OF LIFE VEHICLE GOALS
January 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has promised in an assessment of the European Union (EU) end-of-life vehicles directive to pump-prime the development of technology that will help the recycling and reuse of cars. Brussels says it will stick with the existing 2015 targets of the legislation: 85% reuse/recycling and 95% reuse/recovery, concluding these "are optimal both in terms of environmental and economic performance." It added that these targets would remain untouched, despite the ongoing technological change in the recycling industry: "These targets ...
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