An ELV or End of Life Vehicle still contains a significant amount of value due to its many valuable components. Many of these components can be reused to give the car a sort of “second life.” c must comply with the requirements of Legislative Decree no. 209 ELV recycling act from 24 June 2003 Directive 2000/53 / EC.
In Italy, more than 700,000 used cars come to the end of their life each year, and most of the components contained in these cars can be considered reusable. It goes without saying that many components are sold as spare parts or can be reconditioned, with as many parts as possible removed recyclers need only to process the body and chassis of the car
The first and most important part of the recycling process is to remove all liquids from the car; fuel; lubricating oil; cooling fluid, brake fluid, engine and gear oil are all cleanly removed using special tools and stored in certified canisters before being sent to specialist reprocessing factories for cleaning and reuse. All removed liquids are considered hazardous goods, as they can be highly toxic and damaging to the environment.
The lubricating oil once extracted from the car can be transformed into base oil´s or used in industrial plants such as cement factories where it is used as a fuel.
Aside from the removing liquid pollutants, batteries and tires must not be forgotten. The batteries are made from and contain heavy metals such as lead, chromium, cadmium, copper, zinc and mercury. Once they have come to the end of their life they must be recycled as they are highly toxic and dangerous to the environment. Car batteries are sent to specialist recycling centers while the waste tires are granulated and have their metal belts removed. The remaining rubber granulate is a valuable source of energy for energy-intensive industries.
Electrical and electronic equipment as well as lightbulbs can be collected and reused as they are without the need for reprocessing. If, on the other hand, they cannot be reused, then the glass components can be used to create fiberglass for insulating purposes or to create specialist tiles. The windscreen, front and rear side windows are all removed and shipped to specialist glass recycling factories.
The plastic components of a car include the: dashboard, door, bumper, windscreen wiper elements. However, the recycling process varies. Some parts are recovered and extracted before shredding, but others are separated after the shredding process.
The same applies to the metal content and in particular to steel and aluminum which can be recycled indefinitely without losing their special metallic properties. Seats and mats are also removed as they are mainly composed of elastomers, resins and or cellulosic materials, all of which can be effectively recycled. Larger easy to remove items such as seat cushions, mats and bumpers are removed before shredding while any remaining plastics are sorted using drum magnets and other specialist machinery post shredding.
TAURUS offers customers working in the car dismantling sector a wide choice of products and equipment to facilitate the complex process of ELV cars recovery. Hammer mills from the Taurus Redline range including the M168J, are suitable to transform scrap cars in to high quality recycled materials. The DIABLO shear baler from the TAURUS BLACKLINE range and the TAURUS BLULINE shears and balers make light work of ELV chassis while the TAURUS REDLINE BRAVO pre shredder is the perfect machine to process entire cars with or without engine in a safe way without the risk of explosions.
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