Is the Australian Automotive Recycling Industry Heading towards a Global Circular Economy? - A Case Study on Vehicle Doors

Vi Kie Soo*, Paul Compston, Matthew Doolan

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    Abstract

    The increasing use of lightweight materials and multi-material concepts in vehicle design has create challenges for traditional vehicle recycling. This has consequently caused the increasing contamination rate for valuable recovered materials, and increasing plastic materials being landfilled for end-of-life vehicles in Australia. A life cycle comparative analysis will be carried out based on the car door material audits for different vehicle age and model. The paper shows that the trend in vehicle design has improved the environmental impact in use phase; however, it has led to the exhaustive use of natural resources due to the down-cycling impact, hindering a sustainable global circular economy based on the Australian case scenario.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)10-15
    Number of pages6
    JournalProcedia CIRP
    Volume48
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    Event23rd CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2016 - Berlin, Germany
    Duration: 22 May 201624 May 2016

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