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In Europe 13 million cars are produced per annum which will end their economic life cycle with an average age of 10 years. The processing of scrap cars starts with size reduction by a hammermill, or shredder. After size reduction the magnetic fraction is removed by a magnetic separator. The remaining non-magnetic fraction is screened and each fraction is processed in a specific way, adapted to the particle size. In this way it is at present possible to recover metal values, at a high grade and recovery, and reject products with an acceptable contamination level for the environment.
The increased use of plastic, complex and composite materials in the automotive industry will have a negative effect on the recovery of metals and waste production from car scrap unless technology and design for recovery are improved. For the disposal of different waste products new quality control equipment has to be designed to meet environmental standards.
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Dalmijn, W.L., van Houwelingen, J.A. (1991). Car scrap recycling towards 2000. In: EMC ’91: Non-Ferrous Metallurgy—Present and Future. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3684-6_27
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