Manufacturing Industry
DaimlerChrysler working toward making vehicles 95% recyclable.
Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation, October, 2000 by Carter, Rick
DaimlerChrysler Corp. said it is testing plastics recycling technology that could help make its vehicles 95% recoverable within the next few years. The Auburn Hills, MI-based automaker began a five-month pilot program last month that, if enacted on a widespread basis, could reduce the amount of automobile waste going into landfills by one third, provide a source for high-quality recycled plastics that can be used to produce new automotive parts, and reduce the cost of producing new vehicles.
The project is part of DaimlerChrysler's CARE (Concepts for Advanced Recycling and Environmental) Car Program which is intended to increase the recyclability and recovery of automobiles and the use of recycled materials in new vehicles. Last year, the company unveiled two...
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