The Impact of End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Law on Automobile Recovery in Japan

Author

Ogushi, Yasuhiko ; Kandlikar, Milind

Author_Institution

Inst. for Resource, Environ. & Sustainability, British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC

fYear

2005

Firstpage

626

Lastpage

633

Abstract

The Japanese End-of-life Vehicle (ELV) Recycling Law came into force in January 2005 to cope with five million ELVs that are disposed every year. This study focuses on the impact of ELV Recycling Law on recovery of automobiles from the perspective of product life cycle. In response to the ELV Recycling Law, automobile manufacturers have focused on technological innovation that enhance the levels of material recycling and part reuse. Other life cycle outcomes, such as re manufacturing of vehicles, are not likely to emerge as a result of the enforcement of the law alone

Keywords

automobile manufacture; automotive components; legislation; product life cycle management; recycling; Japan; automobile manufacturers; automobile recovery; end-of-life vehicle; extended producer responsibility; part reuse; product life cycle; recycling law; technological innovation; Appropriate technology; Automatic speech recognition; Automobile manufacture; Automotive materials; Manufacturing industries; Paramagnetic resonance; Product design; Recycling; Technological innovation; Vehicles; end-of-life vehicles (ELV); extended producer responsibility (EPR); life cycle; recycle; remanufacturing; reuse;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0081-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619313

Filename

1619313