Towards a circular economy for end-of-life vehicles: A comparative study UK - Japan

Mélanie Despeisse; Yusuke Kishita; Masaru Nakano; Michael Barwood

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.122

Towards a circular economy for end-of-life vehicles: A comparative study UK - Japan

Mélanie Despeisse, Yusuke Kishita, Masaru Nakano, Michael Barwood

Graduate School of System Design and Management

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Abstract

As the European Directive on end-of-life vehicle (ELV) treatment has heavily influenced policies in many countries, car manufacturers need to reconsider the early phases of the product design to enable better ELV treatment. This paper proposes policy, technical and business recommendations to improve the reuse, recycling and recovery (RRR) rate of ELVs. A comparative analysis between the United Kingdom and Japan is undertaken, in which the two countries' contextual background is described along with their RRR performance from a lifecycle perspective. Barriers and countermeasures to improve the RRR rates are discussed based upon mutual learning between the two countries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	668-673
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.122
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	22nd CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2015 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 2015 Apr 7 → 2015 Apr 9

Keywords

Circular economy
End-of-life vehicle
Energy recovery
Material recovery
Recycling
Remanufacturing
Reuse

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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