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This article reviews issues and technologies in recycling, both current and future, with a focus on end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) and their increasing light material content. Discussion includes the issues involved in designing for recycling, the existing global scrap recycling system, and interactions between different types of recyclables and different sections of the global market. A review follows of current scrap recycling technologies and compares the vehicle recycling regulations in the United States, European Union, and Japan. Finally, opinions are presented on useful, and some not so useful, global and local recycling regulations and initiatives.
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Editor’s Note: This paper is based on the author’s lecture presented at the Light Metals Division Luncheon during the 2004 TMS Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. A hypertext-enhanced version of this article is available on-line at www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0408/Gesing-0408.html
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Gesing, A. Assuring the continued recycling of light metals in end-of-life vehicles: A global perspective. JOM 56, 18–27 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-004-0176-5
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