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Eight automotive dismantlers/parts recyclers across News South Wales, South Australia and Victoria were interviewed to obtain an understanding of material flows and influences within the Australian automotive recycling system. This paper gives new insights into the current automotive recycling business and its operations by presenting and analysing some key quantitative and qualitative data that was collected through these interviews.
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El Halabi, E., Doolan, M. (2012). New Insights into the Australian Automotive Recycling Business. In: Subic, A., Wellnitz, J., Leary, M., Koopmans, L. (eds) Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24145-1_43
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