La circularidad de los plásticos en vehículos al final de su vida útil
In accordance with Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, reuse and recovery of at least 95% by weight of these vehicles must be reached by 2020. Given that plastic components currently account for around 20% of vehicle weight, recycling and recovering the different plastic materials in vehicles is becoming increasingly important. End-of-life vehicles are currently handled by authorized treatment facilities, which take care only of the decontamination process. Shredders then select materials of interest focussed on metals, so not all plastics in vehicles are recycled. In order to improve recovery levels, AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is coordinating, among others, the LIFE CIRC-ELV project with the aim of creating a new, technically and economically viable network in Europe where these centres can separate parts such as fuel tanks and bumpers made of high-interest materials, including high-density polyethylene and polypropylene, before they are shredded for boosting its recycling.
Keyworks: End-of-life vehicles, recovering, recycling.» Author: Vicente Vert
» Reference: Afiliación: Experto en Sostenibilidad y Economía Circular en AIMPLAS ISSN: 00308708 Datos Fuente: 2020,120 (760)
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