Changes in the types of materials used for the construction of recent automobile models has occasioned a review of the continued applicability of current recycling techniques. Plastics are being used increasingly in late model cars. To evaluate the changes occurring, a 1972 Mercury Montego, furnished by the Ford Motor Co., was completely dismantled and analyzed, and the composition compared with that of a composite automobile from 15 vehicles ranging in data of manufacture from 1954 to 1965. The composite vehicle was designated as a circa 1960 model and contained about 26 pounds of plastics while the 1972 model contained over four times that quantiity. The increasing use of plastics in automobiles suggests that research to improve the economic potentiality of plastics recycling is warranted.
Effect of Increasing Plastics Content on Recycling of Automobiles
1974
18 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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