SALVAGING OBSOLETE AUTOS: SYSTEMS APPROACH TO MATERIALS RECYCLING

AT PRESENT, THERE REMAIN MANY BARRIERS TO THE COMPLETE RECYCLING OF THE AUTOMOBILE, NAMELY: VEHICLE DESIGNS THAT MAKE RECYCLING DIFFICULT; OWNER ABANDONMENT; DELAY IN REMOVING ABANDONED CARS BECAUSE OF CUMBERSOME VEHICLE- TRANSFER LAWS; EXCESSIVE DISMANTLER INVENTORIES; INADEQUATE PROCESSING BY MANY PROCESSORS; AND INADEQUATE SCRAP CONSUMPTION BY THE STEEL AND FOUNDRY INDUSTRIES. /AUTHOR/

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• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 52-4
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Materials; Recycling; Salvage; Systems analysis
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205196
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 7 1972 12:00AM