IMPACTS OF MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION IN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE ON RESOURCE RECOVERY. VOLUME II. APPENDICES A-E

Probable changes in the mix of materials used to manufacture automobiles were examined to determine if economic or technical problems in recycling could arise such that the 'abandoned automobile problem' would be resurrected. Future trends in materials composition of the automobile were quantified, and possible constraints related to material characteristics, availability, and price were examined. The automobile resource recovery industry was studied in terms of economic incentives for recycling and technical obstacles to recycling of deregistered automobiles. A macro-model of the economy, the EPA sponsored SEAS model, was used to study overall economic and environmental effects and to bring to light any secondary effects that might be important. This volume contains appendices covering the following subjects: (1) Future Material Composition in Automobiles; (2) Projections of Automobile Sales by Weight Class; (3) Automotive Use of Plastics and Recycling Possibilities; (4) Safety Aspects of Materials Substitution; (5) Energy Consequences.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-257 542.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Research and Development Corporation

  1501 Wilson Boulevard
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Office of Research and Development
  Cincinnati, OH  United States  45268
• Authors:
  • Renner, R
  • Roig, R W
  • Jones, T
  • Weaver, C
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 168 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Aluminum; Automobile industry; Commodities; Costs; Demand; Economic analysis; Economics; Energy; Environment; Forecasting; Land reclamation; Manufacturing; Materials; Materials management; Materials recovery (Mining); Plastics; Recycling; Safety; Scrap metal; Shredding; Solid waste disposal; Supply; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Separation
• Old TRIS Terms: Collection; Commodity management; Materials recovery; Materials replacement; Metal scrap; Reclamation; Substitutes; Substitution; Supply economics
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166282
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: IRT-403-R-Vol-2, EPA/600/5-76/007b
• Contract Numbers: EPA-68-01-3142
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1978 12:00AM