Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., today shared the progress report on its recycling efforts in Japan for the fiscal year 2008 (April 2008 to March 2009). Nissan has exceeded its target recycling rates for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) in accordance with the Japan Automobile Recycling Law.

Nissan recovered 101,959.2 tons from the132,977.7 (633,949 vehicles) tons of Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR). This represents a recovery ratio of 76.7%. The Japan Automobile Recycling law stipulates a target of 70% recycling rate by 2015. The effective recycling recovery rate stands at 95.7%.

Nissan recovered 856,857 airbag-related products from 365,020 vehicles through recovery processing and on-board deployment operations. The airbag recycling ratio stood at 94.6%, exceeding the legal requirement of 85%. A total of 168,117.9 kg of fluorocarbons collected from 539,731 vehicles were processed.

The cost of these recycling efforts amounted to 6,158,035,133 yen. Recycling fees and income generated from the business of managing recycling operations totaled 6,202,192,794 yen, contributing to a net surplus of 44,157,661 yen. From FY2004 to FY2008, the total cost of recycling operations lead to a net surplus of 121,328,888 yen. This is equivalent to 69.7 yen per vehicle. For the mid- and long-term forecast, Nissan anticipates cost of recycling operations to stabilize.

Consistent with the Nissan Green Program 2010, the company will continue with its efforts to reach the ultimate recovery ratio of 100%, that is to reuse and recover 100% of the materials from ELV into usable resources.

Nissan's activities in recycling are as follows:

Activities in new vehicles:
1. Expansion of vehicle design to enable easy dismantling and recycling of components
2. Development of recycling methodologies for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles
3. Increase use of recycled materials

Promotion of end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling:
1. Develop new methodologies in efficient recycling of ELVs into usable materials
2. Measures to achieve zero land-fill waste in Japan
3. Development of material recycling technology in creating usable materials from ELV

Partnership with relevant business partners
1. Provide recycling resource support
a. Share information on new recycling methodologies with our business partners
- Issue ELV recycling manuals
- Issue manuals for removing copper and plastic parts b. Publish recycling guideline on harness components, in collaboration with five member companies of the Automobile shredder residue Recycling promotion Team (ART)
2. Publish newsletter to improve collaboration with recycling businesses

Under the Nissan Green Program 2010, Nissan continues to develop new technologies, products and services that lead to reductions in vehicle CO2 emissions, and recycling of resources.

Courtesy: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd

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Posted by Naresh Koshti on 3 June, 2009 12:03:48 PM IST #