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Environmental Impact of End-of-Life Vehicles: An Information Paper

Environment Australia
2002
ISBN 0642547513

Contents

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Acknowledgements

  1. Preamble - purpose and scope
  2. Executive summary
    1. Summary table - ELV issues and possible responses
    2. Summary of key findings
  3. Number of ELVs and trends
  4. Introduction to current ELV recycling practices and ELV materials
  5. Getting ELVs into the recycling stream
  6. Auto parts recycling
  7. Recycling of metals from ELVs
  8. ELV waste - shredder flock
  9. Heavy metals
  10. Operating fluids
  11. Increasing the recycling of ELV materials
  12. Automobile life cycle impacts

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The views and opinions in this Information Paper do not necessarily reflect those of the Commonwealth Government or the Minister for the Environment and Heritage.

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