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05/03/2020

Circularity of Plastics in ELVs – Forward to the Past

Vicente B. Vert, PhD at AIMPLAS, based in Spain, provides us with his view on the benefits of boosting the circular economy by recycling plastics from ELVs.

According to the text in the ELV Directive (DIRECTIVE 2000/53/EC), its priority lays on the prevention of waste from vehicles and then the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) and their components to reduce the disposal of waste.

Read More https://autorecyclingworld.com/circularity-of-plastics-in-elvs-forward-to-the-past/

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17/02/2020

LIFE CIRC-ELV Project enables EU business models for automotive recycling

In accordance with Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, reuse and recovery of at least 95 per cent by weight of these vehicles must be reached by 2020.

Given that plastic components currently account for around 20 per cent of vehicle weight, recycling and recovering the different plastic materials in vehicles is becoming increasingly important.

Read More: https://www.eppm.com/materials/life-circ-elv-project-enables-eu-business-models-automotive/

The same article was also published in the following newspapers: 

EUROPAPRESS: https://www.europapress.es/comunitat-valenciana/innova-00214/noticia-procedimiento-reciclado-plasticos-vehiculos-fuera-uso-reducira-huella-carbono-75-20200217135451.html 

Gente: http://www.gentedigital.es/valencia/noticia/2812093/un-procedimiento-para-el-reciclado-de-plasticos-de-vehiculos-fuera-de-uso-reducira-su-huella-de-c%e2%80%a6/

Industria Química: https://www.industriaquimica.es/noticias/20200217/proyecto-reciclado-plasticos-vehiculos-fuera-uso#.Xqk-CjXtaUm 

REDIT: https://www.redit.es/en/new-procedure-for-recycling-end-of-life-vehicle-plastics-set-to-reduce-their-carbon-footprint-by-75/

RETEMA: https://www.retema.es/noticia/un-nuevo-reciclado-de-los-plasticos-de-los-vehiculos-fuera-de-uso-permitira-reducir-s-zHIiL

CONVERTRONIC: https://convertronic.net/noticias/tecnologia/8535-procedimiento-para-reciclado-de-plasticos-en-vehiculos-fuera-de-uso.html

LAS PROVINCIAS: https://www.lasprovincias.es/comunitat/aimplas-coordina-proyecto-20200218003933-ntvo.html 

Residuos Profesional: https://www.residuosprofesional.com/reciclado-plasticos-vehiculos-fuera-de-uso/ 

Ambientum: https://www.ambientum.com/ambientum/residuos/reciclado-de-plasticos-para-los-vehiculos-fuera-de-uso.asp 

MRYT: https://www.mryt.es/2020/02/19/aimplas-reduce-un-75-la-huella-de-carbono-de-los-vehiculos/ 

Interempresas: https://www.interempresas.net/Plastico/Articulos/266209-procedimiento-reciclado-plasticos-vehiculos-fuera-reducira-huella-carbono-75-por-ciento.html

British Plastics: https://www.britishplastics.co.uk/News/aimplas-launches-life-circ-elv-to-recycle-plastics-from-end-/ 

CETEM:  http://www.cetem.es/actualidad/tecnologica/i/2320/378/un-nuevo-procedimiento-para-el-reciclado-de-los-plasticos-de-los-vehiculos-fuera-de-uso

VIRTUALPRO: https://www.virtualpro.co/noticias/reciclando-los-plasticos-de-los-vehiculos-fuera-de-uso

AVEP: Un nuevo procedimiento para el reciclado de los plásticos de los vehículos fuera reducirá su huella de carbono un 75% http://www.avep.es/category/circulares/

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