TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic issues in recycling end-of-life vehicles
AU - Bellmann, Klaus
AU - Khare, Anshuman
N1 - Funding Information:
Laws are being enacted in Europe requiring take back and recycling of packaging materials and a range of products. The automobile is one such product. These regulations have motivated major car makers to think of redesigning their products for Europe. The global impact of these laws is however limited due to lack of supporting laws in other countries outside Europe or in east European countries. Also, instead of designing and packaging for the world, these products are being designed and packaged for specific markets. The take back legislation in Europe mandates recycling. Available markets are now familiar with recyclables. In Germany, authorities are interested in subsidized funding systems funded by the consumer for recycling and collection of materials.
PY - 2000/12
Y1 - 2000/12
N2 - This research paper evolves from problems related to the environment as the result of today's product-based society and especially the end-of-life management of cars. The purpose is to identify key elements in car-scrapping approaches with the potential to meet the following three goals: containing the environmental damage from end-of-life cars, improvement of current end-of-life car management from an environmental and resource utilization standpoint, and fostering manufacturing of scrap-adapted/recycled cars. An attempt is made to analyze how financial resources could be organized for the ELV recycling system. A few suggestions have been made in order to foster attainment of the above-mentioned goals through an extended producer responsibility through requisite market oriented financial support. In short, this paper takes a look at the economic feasibility and ingredients for success of a market for recyclables. It lays emphasis on some kind of transparency at the economic and technical levels.
AB - This research paper evolves from problems related to the environment as the result of today's product-based society and especially the end-of-life management of cars. The purpose is to identify key elements in car-scrapping approaches with the potential to meet the following three goals: containing the environmental damage from end-of-life cars, improvement of current end-of-life car management from an environmental and resource utilization standpoint, and fostering manufacturing of scrap-adapted/recycled cars. An attempt is made to analyze how financial resources could be organized for the ELV recycling system. A few suggestions have been made in order to foster attainment of the above-mentioned goals through an extended producer responsibility through requisite market oriented financial support. In short, this paper takes a look at the economic feasibility and ingredients for success of a market for recyclables. It lays emphasis on some kind of transparency at the economic and technical levels.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0166-4972(00)00012-2
DO - 10.1016/S0166-4972(00)00012-2
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034554216
SN - 0166-4972
VL - 20
SP - 677
EP - 690
JO - Technovation
JF - Technovation
IS - 12
ER -