CAR RECYCLING
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a technical directive that would impose standards on European Union (EU) automotive manufacturers, forcing them to record polymers or elastomers used in the construction of cars, buses and light vans, making these materials more easy to recycle once the vehicle is scrapped. They will also have to mark these components for easy identification. The aim of the legislation is to help manufacturers comply with the 2000 end of life vehicle directive, that insists 85 per cent of a new vehicle model's mass be ...
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