Interesting Paper on auto recycling

[Matt89]

This is a very interesting paper on disposal of 'End of life vehicles'. Paste this address in your b

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Interesting points I saw:

1) Average life expectancy of an early 90's vehicle: 14 years. Amazing to me given the general non-BITOG level of care that most vehicles probably receive.

2) Cars are recycled to a pretty high degree (on the order of 85% by weight).

3) See the last paragraph - Bill Ford's vision of a shift in the paradigm of 'vehicle ownership'.

 

[Kestas]

That's pretty good. The last I read, only 75% of a car was recycled. The hardest parts to recycle are the interior components, which the industry calls "fluff". That usually ends up in the landfill.

 

[Papa Bear]

Bill Ford may have to shift his paradigm on FoMoCo ownership.