Nissan Motors has announced that it has exceeded its target recycling rates for end-of-life vehicles in accordance with the Japan Automobile Recycling Law*1.
The company points out that it recovered 101,959.2 tons from the132,978 tons of Automobile Shredder Residue, which represents a recovery ratio of 76.7 percent. Japan’s Automobile Recycling law stipulates a target of 70 percent recycling rate by 2015. The effective recycling recovery rate stands at 95.7 percent.
In addition to ASR, 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 percent, exceeding the legal requirement of 85 percent. A total of 168,117.9 kg of fluorocarbons collected from 539,731 vehicles were processed.
Consistent with the Nissan Green Program 2010, the company will continue with its efforts to reach the ultimate recovery ratio of 100 percent.
Nissan's activities in recycling are as follows:
For new vehicles, the company is involved in the expansion of vehicle design to enable easy dismantling and recycling of components; developing of recycling methodologies for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles; and increase use of recycled materials
In regards to ELV recycling, Nissan will do the following: develop new methodologies in efficient recycling of ELVs into usable materials; take measures to achieve zero land-fill waste in Japan; develop material recycling technology to create usable materials from ELVs; and establish partnerships with relevant business partners.