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AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank our Professor Diran Apelian and our Peer Learning Assistant Norbert Hugger for guiding our project and assisting our research.

Conclusions & Recommendations

Value in automotive materials that enter landfills

Room for improvement in current material recovery

Innovation and Policy are required to improve process of US automotive material recovery

Policy will prompt and force such innovation

Innovation aimed at reducing amount of non-reusable car parts/material AND lowering ASR production

Recovery of more parts and materials develops a circular economy

Results/Outcomes

What is the Issue?• 12,000,000+ vehicles scrapped/year in the US,

rendering them end of life vehicles (ELVs)o Due to age, abandonment, or accident

• Currently 75-80% vehicle weight is recovered• Remaining 20-25 weight-percent of vehicle

waste increases with car productiono Equates to 5,400,000 tons of landfilled

material/year in the US• This material is auto shredder residue (ASR) and

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Car Manufacturer Recovery Center

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ELV to be recovered and recycled• Advocate for the for a policy to reduce

amount of materials wasted in ELV’s• Set deadlines for automotive recycling similar

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Disassembly line•Vehicles will be made for their disassembly.•Taking apart a car is similar to making a car.•Vehicles would have a used materials passport.ASR•No proper ASR sorting technology currently.•The US should restrict hardly recycled car materials.•Not profitable part should go to shredder.Policy•The EU has a goal of 95% recyclability by 2015. •China is looking to increase car recycling rate to 95% by 2017.•The US currently restricts hazardous ASR materials•US legislation restriction PCB in ASR is less than 50 ppm 2, 6

Kyle Hanlon (CHE) Jack Palmstrom (ME)

Ben Pasculano (AE) Zijian Xiong (ME)

SynopsisThe current business model for automotive manufacturers produces far too much waste. Our group has looked into creating a system that produces less waste through a system known as a circular economy. This system does not allow for any waste, and is accomplished by repurposing or recycling the materials used in a product.

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