Assessment of end-of-life vehicle recycling: Remanufacturing waste sheet steel into mesh sheet

The automobile industry contributes significantly to global energy use and carbon emissions. Hence, there are significant economic and environmental benefits in recovering materials from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs). Here, the remanufacturing of waste steel sheet (WSS) from ELVs into useful mesh stee...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-12, Vol.16 (12), p.e0261079
Main Author: Abdullah, Ziyad Tariq
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Automobiles - statistics & numerical data
Carbon dioxide
Carbon emissions
Composite materials
Cost control
Design
Developing countries
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Economics
Emissions
Energy consumption
Engineering and Technology
Environmental aspects
Evaluation
Feasibility
Humans
Industrial plant emissions
Landfill
LDCs
Materials recovery
Metal forming
Metal sheets
Metallurgy
Metals - analysis
Metals - chemistry
Physical Sciences
Recycling
Recycling - methods
Remanufacturing
Social Sciences
Steel
Steel - analysis
Steel - chemistry
Strip steel
Sustainable development
Vehicles
Waste Management - methods
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Summary:The automobile industry contributes significantly to global energy use and carbon emissions. Hence, there are significant economic and environmental benefits in recovering materials from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs). Here, the remanufacturing of waste steel sheet (WSS) from ELVs into useful mesh steel sheet (MSS) for metal forming applications was evaluated based on its technological, economic, and environmental feasibility. A remanufacturing plant with a dismantling capacity of over 30,171 ELV/year and a recovery capacity of 1000 m2/d of WSS was used as a case study. Remanufacturing can achieve a total reduction of ~3800 kg CO2/ELV and an economic benefit of ~775 USD/ELV compared with conventional recycling. The calculated feasibility indexes were similar to or exceeded standard feasibility thresholds, indicating that WSS remanufacturing is a viable sustainable development route and has synergistic benefits when combined with existing recycling plants, especially in developing countries as small-to-medium enterprises.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0261079