![]() ![]() #DYSMANTLE WEIGHT OF THE FOUR FULL#In recent years, however, there has been a greater need to reduce the volume of ASR, as industrial waste landfill sites are approaching full capacity. The remaining parts, equivalent to 20 to 25 percent of vehicle weight, used to be shredded and buried as automobile shredder residue (ASR). Air bags, which have the danger of exploding, are also to be treated properly through a voluntary processing system. Since October 2002, the Law Concerning the Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons requires that fluorocarbons used for car air-conditioners be recovered. On the whole, 75 to 80 percent of parts (by weight) per vehicle are reused or recycled. About 50 to 55 percent of parts (by weight) per vehicle are non-reusable, including some engine components as well as catalysts, non-ferrous metals, and tires these are recycled as raw materials. In the recycling process, auto dismantlers first recover engine parts, body components and electrical components, which account for about 20 to 30 percent of the weight per used vehicle, to be reused as valuable parts. About a million of these are exported as second-hand vehicles, while the remaining four million are sent from automobile retailers to auto dismantlers and scrap metal companies to be processed for reusing and recycling. ![]() These end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) are still regarded as useful resources, containing valuable metals and parts. In Japan, roughly five million cars are disposed every year. The average years of use in Japan is increasing, at 10.9 years for cars in 2005, and 11.7 years for trucks. As of the end of 2005, there were roughly 75 million four-wheeled vehicles in Japan, or one car for every 1.7 persons, compared to the average of one for every 7.5 persons worldwide. Japan ranks among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of car ownership. ![]()
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